SPAM via PM?

[iminhell]

Dunno how to report a PM ...

[Pappy]

We've been getting blasted by spam bots this past week. Just delete it. We are tightening up the approval steps for new members to try to stop these bots.

[Steve@Tasca]

Maximumuslow has now been banned.

[FocusMech.73155]

I just got the same pm

[Steve@Tasca]

Justin is working on stronger security, if anyone gets these PMs please let us know and we'll ban the account immediately.

[Doc]

Sort of related. I got an email saying I have a PM. Logged in and there is a note at top of page for 1 new message. Note, I've sent and read plenty of pm's before with no problem. But, I can't find any new pm's and the message at the top won't go away either. The box isn't full, I'm only at 24% usage. WTH?

[hermitmaster]

Sort of related. I got an email saying I have a PM. Logged in and there is a note at top of page for 1 new message. Note, I've sent and read plenty of pm's before with no problem. But, I can't find any new pm's and the message at the top won't go away either. The box isn't full, I'm only at 24% usage. WTH?

Same problem here. It must have been a group message. Some admin needs to run this query against the database to clear out the notifications:

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UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_new_privmsg = 0;

[trahma]

That won't clear out the notifications, it will prevent new users from private messaging which we're currently allowing so users can PM admins if they have inactive accounts. Rather than deal with a large amounts of new accounts, we're solving the problem in different ways

[Macky21]

I can't get the embed to work, but this is relevant

[hermitmaster]

That won't clear out the notifications, it will prevent new users from private messaging which we're currently allowing so users can PM admins if they have inactive accounts. Rather than deal with a large amounts of new accounts, we're solving the problem in different ways

I'm 100% certain it will clear all of the new PM notifications for everyone. I've worked extensively with phpbb.

[Disco Lemonade]

Thank you I got the same pm

Side note first post in four years!!! LoL

[trahma]

That won't clear out the notifications, it will prevent new users from private messaging which we're currently allowing so users can PM admins if they have inactive accounts. Rather than deal with a large amounts of new accounts, we're solving the problem in different ways

I'm 100% certain it will clear all of the new PM notifications for everyone. I've worked extensively with phpbb.

Ah I misread what you stated thinking you were saying it would clear the PMs, not just the notification.

[hermitmaster]

The actual PM is gone, it's just the notification that is still there.

[Macky21]

My notification is gone, but I've also sent/received PMs since then

[hermitmaster]

My notification is gone, but I've also sent/received PMs since then

Mine is gone now too.