Looking for clarification on the scope of the disable private messaging option. When the option is checked, it disallows users to private message each other (except to staff). This is great. However, at the moment, users can initiate private messaging through these methods: Using any action whi…

[Bild] viethoang: Using any action which prompts the system user to PM them (status of exporting their posts, for example), the user can invite other users to the exchange between the original user and system. I believe that’s a bug we should fix @eviltrout . If PM is disabled don’t allow them…

Scope of private message disabling

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eviltrout (Robin Ward) 19. Mai 2017 um 16:58 3

Fixed here:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/28f486cb7aa33b9eff0c5c4ed1c1a2cc14d07925

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Scope of private message disabling

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