Do Watched Words function in PMs?

As @ondrej mentioned, the “Flag” option will also flag PMs, which will send a notification to moderators on the site, so you could use that setting to alert staff about watched words in PMs.

In addition to Watched Words, if you’re finding that a banned users keeps signing up the forum and sending PMs to users, you might find some of the ideas mentioned in Tips for Preventing Spam helpful.

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