New Personal Message Limits

[EEVblog]

Unfortunately another user has been scammed by personal message. This is getting way to common now.
I have now set the limit to star ZeroPoster and Newbie accounts (<10 posts) cannot send PM's.
Sorry if this inconcveniences some, but I can't let the forum become a hotbed for scammers. It's almost weekly now that we get a report of a scam attempt.

[PA0PBZ]

Did you test it by creating a new account and trying to send a PM? I remember you said before that zeroposters should not be able to send PM's but still they did, the limit seemed to work the other way around and was keeping 'normal' users from replying to zeroposters.

[PA0PBZ]

To answer my own question: as I suspected it doesn't work, I just got a PM from a zeroposter 



I could reply too but as I remember replying to zeroposters has a limit, after a few messages (1-2?) you get the message that the inbox of the zeroposter if full.

Admins, please delete the PA0PBZ_test account!

[PA0PBZ]

I forgot to mention that I got a captcha and the 84/2 question before the zeroposter could send the PM, something I have never seen on my normal account. Is that maybe the limit you are setting?

[EEVblog]

Did you test it by creating a new account and trying to send a PM? I remember you said before that zeroposters should not be able to send PM's but still they did, the limit seemed to work the other way around and was keeping 'normal' users from replying to zeroposters.

I thought I found a setting that may have been preventing it working. But if zero posters can still post then something seems broken in SMF.

[EEVblog]

Sure enough, I just tested it, zeroposters can still send messages. 

[EEVblog]

I fixed it! Zero posters can no longer send messages.

[KGY2023]

I was just searching why I couldn't send personal messages - thank you. I thought I was banned for some reason!

[Halcyon]

Can you reveal how they were scammed? Would be interesting to know the scammers MO, since most people on here are pretty cluey.