Spam in private message

I have received a spam private message from a new user (you know, the usual message we normally receive via e-mail: you have a good profile get in contact with me write to me at xxxxxxx). The user appears to have posted anything in public boards.
I would notify this to moderators but private message boadd does not offer this option so I'm writing here. I can add the user name if needed, either here o in a private message to a person in charge of the matter. It would be interesting to know if other users have received spam PMs these days.
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I think this users found a backdoor in lithium protection and uses an automated bot. We need a PM rate control.
Lat time I PM'd two messages in succession, I actually got a captcha challenge.
I still don't quite get the business model of this spammer. Most likely it will end up as a confidence scam if you would reply. NI customers seem to smart for that, so what's the point? Maybe he's just collecting valid e-mail addresses of dimwits to be sold to spammers or scammers.
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    G'day
    (I'm cross-posting this from here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2677169#2677169)
    On forum messages, there's a button to report it as spam.  I cannot see any similar feature to report a private message as spam.  Anyone know how to bring spam private messages to Adobe's attention (other than posting to the "report spam" threads here, which seems a pretty primitive way of effecting the desired result)?
    Cheers.
    Adam

    In my memory, this is only the second odd PM that I have received. Going back a couple of months, I had gotten another, that might have been such an effort, or maybe just someone trying to contact me on a form topic, and they were just not clear. I replied with a question, as to which forum they were referring to, and never got any response. There were no links, or anything else, so I will never know about that first one - test run?
    Still, I'd like to see this sort of thing nipped in the bud. Just not sure what can be done about it. Might be a simple task, or maybe not. The harvesting of PM accounts and then probably accessing Adobe accounts via a 'bot, or similar, is not something that I would like to think about. If the spammers can do that, is it much more difficult to gather up users' S/N's, etc., from their product registration data? Some Web software guru will have to answer that.
    Glad to hear that it was the same one, that many of us got, and not a different one. Thanks for confirming.
    Good luck to us all,
    Hunt

  • Spam via Private Messages

    We’ve discovered a new form of spam in the community. A Private Message is sent to you with a hoax message asking for help in exchange of a juicy reward.
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    properties from me That is under my control and They Are Still looking for more.Therefore I am Contacting you to help me secure the sum Which I Explain to you above , for the future of my kids. Since my late husband family made it impossible for me to move out of my late husband in Philippine house
    Please do tell me if I can trust you as Who Will Not sit on this money When You Claim it. I am willing to Give you 20% of the total sum in box After That You Have successfully secured it. Reasons for safety so That I can come over to meet you there in your country for you to help me invest the money in a good business
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    MRS .JOYLEN TREYA

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  • How To Send A Private Message

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    To send a Private Message (or PM):
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    2. The person’s profile page will open. At the right hand side, under Contact Me options, click on the “Send this user a private message” link.
    3. This will open a window to create the message you want to send. Write an appropriate Message Subject and then write the main message in the Message Body.
    4. Like creating a post, you can change font, color, size of the text and use various other utility buttons to create an appropriate message. When you are finished, click on Send Message.
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  • No private messages with Safari 4?

    Version 4.0 (4530.17)
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    Was just able to bounce a message back to Phos. Was able to send many messages. Operator error I'm sure.
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  • Need to send a private message to customer care

    Hello, !
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    I can't send a private message to customer care because every time I put in my user name, rvrgs2, it says that it can't find my user name. Please let me know if there is another way to contact them. The problem I've been having has been going on for 7 months, and is too lengthy to post here.Thanks.

  • Changes to Private Messaging Notifications

    Hi All
    After getting feedback from different forum members I have made a change to the Private Messaging (PM) email notifications.  You may not have known, but it is possible to set up an email alert to let you know when you get a private message. 
    Some of the feedback we’ve had since the homepage refresh was that it can be easy to miss the fact you have a PM as they only show on the homepage.  We are working on the design side of things, but in the meantime I have changed the default setting for PM notifications so that it will send an email when you get a PM.  This means that every time you get a PM you will receive an email notification to let you know, so you can log in and check it.
    If you don’t want to receive this notification by email, it’s easy to turn it off. Simply go to the homepage, Log In, click on My Settings, then Preferences, then Private Messenger, then untick the box which says ‘Receive email notifications for new private messages’, and click Save Changes.  This will stop you receiving the email notifications for PMs.  You can follow the same process to turn it back on if you change your mind.
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    4.2.1 did the same cant remember if others before it did. if you leave messages open and receive a text you get a very quiet whoosh kinda sound

  • How do I acess a private message?

    I clicked the URL in the email message in the inbox, but a notice came up that I was not authorised to read it.  I  don't understand why I can't access it.   

    Hi Judith,
    I think that you are probably referring to a notification from Adobe Forums about a private message.
    I think you need to be logged in to Adobe Forums on a browser before accessing the URL - it normally asks you to log in.
    Once logged in to the forums, you can access the private messages under Your Stuff (see near the top).
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  • "You have received a private message in the Lenovo Community!" enhaced message

    Hi. I think it's a good improvement to modify the current private message notification. A simple modification can do our life (in special, admins life) much more simple.
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    You have received a private message from UsernameHere in the Lenovo Community!
    Email body
    Hello IPnaSh,
    You have received a private message from UsernameHere in the Lenovo Community.
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    I don't think that's configurable since I've never seen it in the admin panel and it's consistent across any Lithium-based community I've joined.
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  • How do I private message the customer service rep on here?

    I go to the profile for the customer service rep but there is no way to send a private message..

    The information is in the Community Announcements space. How To: Direct Message

  • How do I private message with Firefox?

    IS there a button to PM someone on Firefox and if so WHERE?

    Since Firefox is a web browser, you can't directly send a message to another user of Firefox. However, you may be able to find an [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox add-on] that will let you send [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging instant messages], using a service like [http://www.aim.com/ AIM] or [http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Messenger]. A quick search found [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yoono-twitter-facebook-linkedi/?src=search Yoono].
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  • Need help with Data Model for Private Messaging

    Sad to say, but it looks like I just really screwed up the design of my Private Messaging (PM) module...  *sigh*
    What looked good on paper doesn't seem to be practical in application.
    I am hoping some of you Oracle gurus can help me come up with a better design!!
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    - id
    - member_id_from
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    - body
    - flag
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    - sender_purged_on
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    - The PM appears in the Sender's "Sent" folder in my website
    - The PM also appears in the Recipient's "Incoming" folder.
    - If the Recipient deletes the PM, I set "deleted_on" and my code moves the PM from Recipient's "Inbox" to the "Trash" folder.  (Record doesn't actually move!)
    - If the Recipient "permanently deletes" the PM from his/her "Trash", I set "purged_on" and my code removes the PM from the Recipient's Message Center.  (Record still in database!)
    - If the Sender deletes the PM, I set "sender_deleted_on" and my code moves the PM from the Sender's "Sent" folder to the "Trash" folder.  (Record doesn't actually move!)
    - If the Recipient "permanently deletes" the PM from his/her "Trash", I set "sender_purged_on" and my code removes the PM from the Sender's Message Center.  (Record still in database!)
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    1.) I can't store PM's forever.
    2.) Because of my design, the Sender really owns the PM, and if I add code to REMOVE the PM from the database once it has a "sender_purged_on" value, then that would in essence remove the PM from the Recipient's Inbox as well!!
    In order to remove a PM from the database, I would have to make sure that *both* the Recipient has "purged_on" value and the Sender has a "sender_purged_on" value.  (Lot's of Application Logic for something which should be simple?!)
    I am wondering if I need to change my Data Model to something that allows my autonomy when it comes to the Sender and/or the Recipient deleting the PM for good...
    One the other hand, I believe I did a good job or normalizing the data.  And my current Data Model is the most efficient when it comes to saving storage space and not having dups.
    Maybe I do indeed just need need to write application logic - or a cron job - which checks to make sure that *both* the Sender an Recipient have deleted the PM before it actually flushes it out of my database to free up space?!
    Of course, if one party sits on their PM's forever, then I can never clear things out of my database to free up space...
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    Some expert advice would be welcome!!
    Sincerely,
    Debbie

    rp0428,
    I think I am starting to see my evil ways and where I went wrong... 
    > Unfortunately his design is just as denormalized as yours
    I see that now.  My bad!!
    > the last two columns have NOTHING to do with the message itself so do NOT belong in a normalized table.
    > And his design:
    >
    > Same comment - those last two columns also have NOTHING to do with the message itself.
    Right.
    > The message table should just have columns directly related to the message. It is a list of unique messages: no more, no less.
    Right.
    > Mark gave you hints to the proper normalized design using an INTERSECT table.
    > that table might list: sender, recipient, sender_delete_flag, recipient_delete_flag.
    > As mark suggested you could also have one or two DATEs related to when the delete flags were set. I would just make the columns DATE fields.
    >
    > Once both date columns have a value you can delete the message (or delete all messages older than 30+ days).
    >
    > When both flags are set you can delete the message itself that references the sender and the message sent.
    Okay, how does this revised design look...
    MEMBER --||-----0<-- PM_DISTRIBUTION -->0-------||-- PRIVATE_MSG
    MEMBER table
    - id
    - email
    - username
    - first_name
    and so on...
    PM_DISTRIBUTION table (Maybe you can think of a better name??)
    - id
    - private_msg_id
    - sender_id
    - recipient_id
    - sender_flag
    - sender_deleted_on
    - sender_purged_on
    - recipient_flag
    - recipient_read_on
    - recipient_deleted_on
    - recipient_purged_on
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    - id
    - subject
    - body
    - sent_on
    Is that what you were describing to me?
    Quickly reflecting on this new design...
    1.) It should now be in 3rd Normal Form, right?
    2.) It should allow the Sender and Recipient to freely and independently "delete" or "purge" a PM with no impact on the other party, right?
    Here are a few Potential Issues that I see, though...
    a.) What is to stop there from being TWO SENDERS of a PM?
    In retrospect, that is why I originally stuck "member_id_from" in the PRIVATE_MSG table!!  The logic being, that a PM only ever has *one* Sender.
    I guess I would have to add either Application Logic, or Database Logic, or both to ensure that a given PM never has more than one Sender, right?
    b.) If the design above is what you were hinting at, and if it is thus "correct", then is there any conflict with my Business Rule: "Any given User shall only be allowed 100 Messages between his/her Incoming, Sent and Trash folders."
    Because the Sender is no longer "tightly bound" to the PRIVATE_MSG, in my scenario above...
    Debbie could send 100 PM's, hit her quota, then turn around and delete and purge all 100 Sent PM's and that should in no way impact the 100 PM's sitting in other Users' Inboxes, right??
    I think this works like I want...
    Sincerely,
    Debbie

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