Can Mods read my private messages?

When you register the password is encytped using MD5 so the password A or D can see is just lots of hash keys that mean nothing to a human. This means they cannot login into your account.

The only people who can read PMs are A and D is this because they have top level access to the raw database. Making sense of the raw database data can also be quite hard.

The whole point of PMs is that they are private.

Nope.

That's a hack, not a standard part of vB. I assume you're reading your users' PMs then

You saved those queries I gave you then...

On this style of bulletin board, Mods and/or Admin cannot read your private messages. They are, however, able to see how many messages users have in their Inbox and Sent Mail (see attachment). The only way they can read your Private Messages is by changing your password.

Edit: People are saying Admin can, I can't see it in Admin's options?

They can't, I have full admin options and it's not there. You need a hack and server access.

Thank god, i was swapping xrated messages with some ladies on here

They can't, I have full admin options and it's not there.

Then why did you say A can? And why did Daveo, Lou & Mr White say Admin can?

Can PMs be used as evidence in a Court of Law?

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Lets hope so.

This is an interesting topic. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to read PMs unless either the sender or the recipient has given permission, either express or implied - perhaps via something in the T's and C's. I think it comes under the same legal umbrella as a sysadmin reading e-mail between people on his system.

So, was A acting illegally when he dismissed Mr White as moderator?

I'm not accusing anyone of anything, that was my guess at the legality of reading PMs, I'm no lawyer... I wasn't even aware A had read any PMs.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything, that was my guess at the legality of reading PMs, I'm no lawyer... I wasn't even aware A had read any PMs.

That was the basis of Mr White's demotion.

Oh OK, I didn't know that he was demoted on the grounds of PMs. Looks like I missed that.