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KingSparta

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An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« on: July 24, 2006, 11:16:18 am »

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An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you can't read your personal messages. 

Back
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Something Broken In The Forum?
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! -- Private messages disabled
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2006, 11:17:43 am »

We've turned off private messages (at least temporarily).  They were used on another board to spread a virus.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2006, 11:26:28 am »

We've turned off private messages (at least temporarily). They were used on another board to spread a virus.

A rather extreme reaction. Can we have our saved messages available again?

How can they spread a virus? Attachments are not possible with PMs.

Do you mean that messages can contain internet links to malicious sites? I wouldn't click a link inside a PM from an unknown new user.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2006, 11:30:49 am »

Alex B

I have noticed your Avatar Is dEaD

Forgot To Pay Your Bill?
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2006, 11:38:44 am »

Alex's avatar looks ok to me ;)

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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2006, 11:44:10 am »

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Alex's avatar looks ok to me

Maybe An Internet Thing.. Maybe it will clear up.

Still Don't see it.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2006, 11:45:24 am »

A rather extreme reaction. Can we have our saved messages available again?
Yes, back now.
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How can they spread a virus? Attachments are not possible with PMs.

Do you mean that messages can contain internet links to malicious sites? I wouldn't click a link inside a PM from an unknown new user.
Yes, they had a link. Someone has developed a script to pm everyone on a SMF forum which also sends the message in a notification email.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2006, 11:57:37 am »

Would it be possible to not allow personal messaging by "Tenderfoots"?

... or if this is not possible yet perhaps ask a quick security fix for this from the SMF developers?
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2006, 12:01:28 pm »

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Yes, they had a link. Someone has developed a script to pm everyone on a SMF forum which also sends the message in a notification email.


This morning or last night someone posted a dating message with a link.

I deleted it, may not be the same thing however.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2006, 12:09:30 pm »

Would it be possible to not allow personal messaging by "Tenderfoots"?
We may do something like this in the future.  Right now, we're just trying to secure the ship.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2006, 12:51:31 pm »

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we're just trying to secure the ship.
That Reminds Me Of A Story (When I Was Much Younger)

Me And My Friend (I Forget His Name) Found A Boat Near The Shoreline It Was Sunk So We Got All the Water And Crabs Out Of It And Climbed In. We Had Two Ores We Found And Took the Rowboat Out For A Spin.

We Did Take The Buckets With Us (Good Thing) And Rowed Out Into The Bay. The Bad Thing Was The Tied Was Going Out And "Our Ship" Was Sinking. No Life Belts And Allot Of Rowing Got Us Farther From Shore (About A Mile). Lucky For Us About 5 Hours later Someone Came By And Towed Us To Shore.

We Had Fun None The Less, But Almost Killed Our Self Doing It.

Thats Water Under The Bridge Now, And 45 Or So Years Later.

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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2006, 02:11:13 pm »

I got the email from the monkey boards forum.  I just deleted it.
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Re: An Error Has Occurred! (Private messages disabled)
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2006, 03:30:11 am »

When will private messages be enabled again?
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