Hello, I was wondering if it’s possible to moderate all private messages sent between users on discourse? Thank you!

Yes. Admin can view personal messages. For 1-on-1 chat messages it’s harder to do but still possible to view them in a situation where you need to.

In addition to above, if there are any keywords you wish to moderate in personal messages, you could utilise watched words, specifically the flag post option.

Short Answer is yes. Ii c you can adjust to allow moderators(full) to view pm without any invite. There is also this a plugin as well. [image] Private message keyword scanner Plugin Updated on 07.03.2023 and tested for 3.0 stable. A new feature is included! A chat scanner. The same keywords set for your PM scan will trigger text inside chat conversations. However, to avoid lots of notifications, the chat scanner will send grouped reports after an X amount of time. Update: FIX: compatibility issues with Discourse v 2.2 First, let me say that I am no developer, I only sponsored this work. I will not be able to support this in any way, but I will work with any potential cont… Can you share your case use?

Thank you everyone, this is really helpful. Do you know if it’s possible to set up moderation so each personal message is moderated one by one as it’s sent? Or can you only moderate them by looking at a members profile individually?

On a quick search. I have not found any results with the queries I used to force PMs to require moderation Someone may have better info on this. You may need to consider making a request in #feature and if need this more immediately #marketplace and sponsor a plugin. Can you share some info on your community idea with the need to have PMs require moderator approval? If members do not need to be able to pm each other. But you still want members to be able to pm staff. There is a plugin that ensures users can always on staff(moderators) [image] Allow-pm-to-staff Plugin information_source Summary Allow all users to PM Staff hammer_and_wrench Repository Link https://github.com/pfaffman/discourse-allow-pm-to-staff open_book Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Features Allow users to send a PM to staff even if they would not otherwise be able to send a PM. Configuration allow_pm_to_staff_enabled–Enables the plugin (default true) allow_pm_allowed_pm_groups–Set groups who can receive PMs from all users (default “staff”). S… With this plugin you could disable PMs. Just was reading over the “Private Message Keyword Scanner” Looks like is broken atm. It looks to be otherwise the closest option though doesn’t flag to require approval. The built-in Watched words feature could work if there are keywords/phrases - but will affect public and private posts Would need to look into this. But you might be able to use Automation plugin to auto flag pm for approval. [image] Discourse Automation Plugin discourse2 Summary Discourse Automation lets you automate actions through scripts and triggers. Customisation is made through an automatically generated UI. open_book Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. [Capture d’écran 2021-07-02 à 15.13.57] Features Easy automation of complex workflows Triggers automations at specific dates, periodically, or on specific events Provides automatically generated … This plugin is now part of core so no installation of it is needed. Edit: posted a question in the Automation plugin topic regarding your requirement.

Is it possible to moderate all personal messages sent between users?

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Would like to have seen a reply to this question as I have a difficult time imagining what type of community requires such heavy policing.

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Is it possible to moderate all personal messages sent between users?

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