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17 years ago

i am on many different message boards. some have pm (private message) communications between members. can the adminstrator of a message board read our pm's that are sent to each other via his message board? are those pm's secure or can he read what we send to each other if he wanted to?

tom

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PKponder TX Z7B
17 years ago
Tom,
No electronic communications (emails) are totally private. You'll see that in the EULA anytime you install software or sign up for accounts. The admin of a forum or board can definitely read the mail. They may not choose to do that, but they do have access.

You could use encryption software, but I really have zero experience with that.
owbist
17 years ago
You might find a simple solution to this problem by both installing something like Skype. Then you can either actually talk to each other with a mic or headset or you can type your messages back and forth as you do now. You can also send files and photos. I realise you may be 12 to 16 hours different in time zones but it is another option to your dilemma.
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TJG911
Original Author
17 years ago
18 hours!

ya i figured that it was possible for an admin to read private messages. ah, here's a solution - go to a different bulletin board and communicate with that bb's pm or em software. whatever we discuss would be useless to any admin as they would have no idea who or what we were talking about. actually i think this makes the most sense. this thread is an off shoot of the international email thread. now to find a neutral site.

tom
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
17 years ago
I have been a primary admin and global moderators on many forums, there are a lot of different types of software that run forums so not all are alike. On all that I have been admin on we were able to see any email that was sent through the forum itself, if the forum has a button that says send email to this user and it actually uses the forum to send it then generally there is an area where the admin can see those if they choose to. Now if you email each other using your email address directly then no those are not viewable by the forum admin.
As far as private messages go those were not viewable on any of the types of forums I was admin on. Which is what I think you are asking about. However if it is a privately owned forum with their own server, and not one of the freebie type forums, that could be different. Who ever has access to the server could of course hypothetically have access to what ever is on it.

The best practice is never trust the typed word which has been released into the vast internet to be safe and secure, because you just never know!

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