Private Messages

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Should implement "Private Messages", as in phpbb.

The tables are already there, but I guess that may be interesting to merge jforum_privmsgs and jforum_privmsgs_text, as is done to the posts table ( jforum_posts ).

This feature is not hard to implement, just a little slow. Many of the existing features currenctly present on post and topic manipulation may be used in this feature as well..

[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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In addition, like phpbb, I think the Email function should present an email form, that sends the email to the user, and hides their email address from the sender. (Rather than simply invoking a mailto: link).

The email address in the user profile should be hidden (perhaps optionally).
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Rafael Steil wrote:Should implement "Private Messages", as in phpbb.

The tables are already there, but I guess that may be interesting to merge jforum_privmsgs and jforum_privmsgs_text, as is done to the posts table ( jforum_posts ).

This feature is not hard to implement, just a little slow. Many of the existing features currenctly present on post and topic manipulation may be used in this feature as well..

Well, I do think that you should implement private messages, but that's not exactly what I meant. Let me try to explain:

In addition to Private Messaging, phpbb supports an emailing function. It does not simply launch a mailto: link. It presents a form to the sender, where they can compose a message to the recipient. It is not held on the bulletin board as a private message, it is sent out as a real email. But the recipient's email address is never revealed.

I think this is a problem in JForum, because when a new user Registers, they can choose the "Always Hide my Email" option, but their email is still revealed in a mailto: link everywhere their name appears.
[originally posted on jforum.net by Fudster]

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Fudster wrote:
In addition to Private Messaging, phpbb supports an emailing function. It does not simply launch a mailto: link. It presents a form to the sender, where they can compose a message to the recipient. It is not held on the bulletin board as a private message, it is sent out as a real email. But the recipient's email address is never revealed.

Easy, not problem.

Fudster wrote:
I think this is a problem in JForum, because when a new user Registers, they can choose the "Always Hide my Email" option, but their email is still revealed in a mailto: link everywhere their name appears.

Ok, this is a bug.. not hard to fix, anyway.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]