Hi there

I've been using YAF for a few months (after a conversion from Snitz). One thing I am wondering about is when I remove a member (such as a spammer that has joined then posted about 10 times) - when I delete them their posts remain. Is there an easy way to ensure all their posts disappear when I delete the member?

Many thanks

Hi there

I've been using YAF for a few months (after a conversion from Snitz). One thing I am wondering about is when I remove a member (such as a spammer that has joined then posted about 10 times) - when I delete them their posts remain. Is there an easy way to ensure all their posts disappear when I delete the member?

Many thanks

When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

That doesn't actually delete the records from the database though, does it?

I ask because, and I should document this sometime because there are times when YAF says delete and it actually is deleted, but most of the time delete means the flags were changed or isDeleted is marked as true. I usually end up going through my database and find orphan records and manually delete them. It's always a little worrisome than I'm gonna break it though haha.

OK, thank you.

And is there a way to delete only some of the posts. Say, there're some good answers that add to discussion and I'd like to keep them in order not to lose the consistency of the thread. But in general, I want to delete other useless posts by that member. Hope I made myself clear..

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When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

That doesn't actually delete the records from the database though, does it?

I ask because, and I should document this sometime because there are times when YAF says delete and it actually is deleted, but most of the time delete means the flags were changed or isDeleted is marked as true. I usually end up going through my database and find orphan records and manually delete them. It's always a little worrisome than I'm gonna break it though haha.

Yes it does! i eliminated most situations where orphan messages are left in the db.

And is there a way to delete only some of the posts. Say, there're some good answers that add to discussion and I'd like to keep them in order not to lose the consistency of the thread. But in general, I want to delete other useless posts by that member. Hope I made myself clear..

Sure simply manually delete the offending posts.

When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

That doesn't actually delete the records from the database though, does it?

I ask because, and I should document this sometime because there are times when YAF says delete and it actually is deleted, but most of the time delete means the flags were changed or isDeleted is marked as true. I usually end up going through my database and find orphan records and manually delete them. It's always a little worrisome than I'm gonna break it though haha.

Yes it does! i eliminated most situations where orphan messages are left in the db.

I can confirm this, lol. I had two spam accounts, both caught by the new spam features btw and when I deleted them users via admin, their topic and message's also were deleted and not simply flagged as deleted. I like it! Wish I had noticed this earlier when spam was heavy and I was deleting them post by post haha

When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

That doesn't actually delete the records from the database though, does it?

I ask because, and I should document this sometime because there are times when YAF says delete and it actually is deleted, but most of the time delete means the flags were changed or isDeleted is marked as true. I usually end up going through my database and find orphan records and manually delete them. It's always a little worrisome than I'm gonna break it though haha.

Yes it does! i eliminated most situations where orphan messages are left in the db.

https://hqsoftwarelab.com/  I like it! Wish I had noticed this earlier when spam was heavy and I was deleting them post by post haha

Also confirm it. Cant imagine how we are live at these old times))

When you edit an user via the Admin Interface you have an extra tab (User Kill & Ban) especially for that, where you can delete the user (optionally ban user via email/ip/user name) and automatically delete all posts by the user.

That doesn't actually delete the records from the database though, does it?

I ask because, and I should document this sometime because there are times when YAF says delete and it actually is deleted, but most of the time delete means the flags were changed or isDeleted is marked as true. I usually end up going through my database and find orphan records and manually delete them. It's always a little worrisome than I'm gonna break it though haha.

Yes it does! i eliminated most situations where orphan messages are left in the db.

https://www.qulix.com/industries/  I like it! Wish I had noticed this earlier when spam was heavy and I was deleting them post by post haha

Also confirm it. Cant imagine how we are live at these old times))

LOL You are so right, bro!