About reporting spammy PMs...

[QuickmanEXE]

I know there are buttons for reporting posts, but what about PMs? Recently, a number of us have been hit by some n00b nitwit's self-promoting chain PMs about some site that we prolly don't give a crap about. That person's been "Deleted," thankfully, but there's no garuntee that such crap won't happen again. People can be pretty stupid when they put their minds to it.

So, when someone recieves either a spammy, offensive, or even threatening PM... Where is the option to report it? As far as I could tell, there isn't even a "Forward" option, so reporting the PM hasta be done the old-fashioned way; by stalking a staff member that's online and sending 'em a copy.

As a staff member on other forums, that gets to be somewhat annoying, and dealing with the matter is limited to the person the reported PM was sent to. So, if someone were to send me a reported PM on Friday as I'm on my way out the door and I don't get online til Monday, then I see it followed up with an angry "Why didn't you do anything?!" response.

I'm surprised that there isn't a "Report" option for PMs. Perhaps that option could be enabled? It'd make things easier for not only the members who're trying to report the PM, but to the staff who'll all have a chance to see it.
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[Sol]

Well, one option of forwarding PMs is to PM an Admin with the original PM quoted and detailing who sent you it. It's worked well enough before, so I don't see any reason for a 'report' feature in PMs.
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[Sol]

Well, one option of forwarding PMs is to PM an Admin with the original PM quoted and detailing who sent you it. It's worked well enough before, so I don't see any reason for a 'report' feature in PMs.
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