P M Monitoring FYI

[Chevy454]

I think an explanation is in order. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, it's not going to come from the original creator of this thread (Billigen), even after many PMs and a phone call. So, I'll provide one...

Billigen's original post came across as an "accusation"...that's how I took it, that's how the others in the thread took it, and that's how those who contacted us took it. But, according to what Billigen himself told me offline, his post was simply meant to state that it was "possible", not that it was happening. Not exactly the impression I got from the original post, but that's what he told me.

Now, "is" it possible to read PMs? Yes. Is that a guarded secret? Hardly. EVERY bulletin board on the net is setup like this, and as stated above, EVERY company network is setup like this as well. It HAS to be this way, or we couldn't help those people that email us needing help with login info, password help, profile problems, or whatever problem they may have. But, "do" we do this? Well, first wrap your mind around a few stats about our PM system, provided by our board software (remember, this doesn't account for the messages that have been deleted by the users, or the messages prior to a certain date that I pruned to free up space):

Read but not replied to: 3932
Unread with a read receipt request: 13
Unread: 325
Read and replied to: 5327
Carbon copies: 1409

Sent in the last 24 hours: 151
Sent in the last week: 842
Sent in the last month: 2886
Total PMs in the system: 11006

Now, considering the sheer volume of the PM system itself, even if we chose to read PMs other than our own, it would literally be a full time time job. And, we have no idea whom the messages are to/from, as the software only spits out the raw numbers posted above.

Again, as Jeff said, if you don't feel secure in our PM system, then by all means use an alternative method...we have no problem with that, and totally understand. In fact, that just frees up resources for the board itself, which in turn helps from both a speed and reliability standpoint.