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Old March 21, 2003, 03:37   #1
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Question of moderator authority:
Just curious, are mods and/or admins allowed to read PMs between poly users - even if there are no complaints involved in the matter?

Do they?

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Old March 21, 2003, 03:56   #2
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I don't think it's even possible for them to do that, even if they wanted to.
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Old March 21, 2003, 03:57   #3
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None of the other mods/admin have ever done so to the best of my knowledge.

I've done it once. And that was with permission of the user (basically at his command) to prove a point in a dispute.

It would be a gross violation of our authority to do so unless some situation really warrented it.

They are called Private Messages for a reason...
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Old March 21, 2003, 07:07   #4
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IIRC the time MIng rfefers to was when EVC gave Horsie his password and Ming got permission from both individuals to check some PMs to confirm Horsie was telling the truth about his side of affairs. IIRC it saved Horsie from a permaban...

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Old March 21, 2003, 11:41   #5
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If they have admin powers and can access your password, it is possible.
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Old March 21, 2003, 11:52   #6
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Actually Taz... to be honest, I did not have EVC's permission. AH gave me permission to access HIS account and that was the only account I looked at.

Some might argue that since it was EVC's PM, I needed his permission as well... However, in my opinion, EVC gave up any rights he had when he handed his account over to another person.

As you can see... it took a very rare situation for the event to happen
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Oh well, my first "senior" moment.

Nevermind, I got most of it right!
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Old March 21, 2003, 12:13   #8
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Are you even old enough to have senior moments...

I thought those only happened to old folks, like me and rah
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I Just passed 35. I'm catching up with you!
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Oh darn. They can read our PMs?!? There goes my conspiracy to overthrow the right-wing American-Apolyton corporate dictatorship.
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When I saw a Zylka thread about moderator authority I thought fireworks would be flying.
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I Just passed 35. I'm catching up with you!
Just exactly how does one "catch up" when it comes to age
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Just exactly how does one "catch up" when it comes to age
Proportionally.
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Just exactly how does one "catch up" when it comes to age
I'm probably less than half your age now
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Is this a wink contest??

If so, I win!!
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Is this a wink contest??

If so, I win!!
Ming always wins, nobody is quite so much of a winker as him.
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Ming always wins, nobody is quite so much of a winker as him.


Sharp, very sharp.
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Ming's winking syndrome reminds me of Dickie Bird. He brought a whole new meaning to o_O
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Just exactly how does one "catch up" when it comes to age


Ever heard of Einstein's twin time paradox? You could have offered yourselves to test that theory out!

I bet you've not heard that one before.
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Question Asked... Question Answered...
Spam Sharks Feeding...

Case Closed.
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