Delete Messages | pan F ora
Forum Admin
Moderator

| Forum Administrators can delete previously posted messages to the Forum across all groups.

| Depending on the Forum Configuration, Moderators can also delete messages.
| However, the Moderators' message deletion capabilities maybe quite limited.
| Please check with your Forum Administrator to know the exact scope of the Moderators' capabilities.

To Delete Messages
| Select Delete Messages under [Messages] in the Menu Frame.
| The Task Frame updates to display the Message Deletion Options.

| You may delete one or more messages at a time
| Since many Forum message databases are quite large, panFora allows you three methods to quickly display the desired list of messages you wish to delete:
| Quick Selection
| Select messages posted during a certain time period.
| Specify Date Range
| Select messages posted before or after a certain time period.
| Select specific message
| Select a message by specifying its URL.

| Quick Selection
| This shortcut allows you to quickly select blocks of messages by their posting date.
| 1.Choose the [Time Period] from the pull-down menu, from which you want to delete a message or messages.
| Choose one of the following choices:
| All messages posted Today
| All messages posted in the Past Week
| All messages posted
| All messages posted on a given day
| The dates listed are updated each time a new message is posted to the Forum.
| The number of messages posted on each date is listed in parenthesis.
| 2.Click
| All messages posted in the selected time period will be listed in the Editing Frame.

| Specify Date Range
| You can select messages posted before or after a certain time period of your own choosing.
| 1.Choose whether messages are older than or newer than any-chosen-number of Hours, Days, Weeks or Years.
| 2.Click
| All messages posted in that date range will be listed in the Editing Frame.

| Enter Specific Message
| 1.Copy and paste the URL of the message you want to delete in the text field.
| To copy the desired message's URL, select the message link in the Forum Threads Frame.
| On PC Systems [Right-Click] the mouse; on Mac Systems [Click-and-Hold] the mouse.
| In Netscape select [Copy Link Location]; In Internet Explorer select [Copy Shortcut].
| 2.Click
| The Editing Frame updates to display the specific message information.

| Deleting Messages
| The list of selected messages is displayed in the Editing Frame.
| The message list is displayed in a table, sorted chronologically by posting date.
| The following information is displayed for each message:
| Date of Posting, Topic, Title, and the message author's UserID..
| Note: If you selected a single message, its information is displayed in the Editing Frame.

| 1.Check all the appropriate checkboxes next to each message you wish to delete:
| Check on [Delete Msg] to delete only selected message.
| Check on [Delete Msg & Replies], to delete the selected message and all its replies.
| Check on [Delete Entire Thread], to delete the selected message and all messages and replies in the selected message's thread.
| Note: Use [Select All], [Deselect All] or [Select Inverse] as a shortcut to selecting multiple messages for deleting.
| Tips for Moderators
| Check with your Forum Administrators to know the exact scope of your capabilities.
| You may be limited to deleting only your own messages or messages posted to your group.
| If that is the case, you will not be able to delete some of the messages displayed,
| nor have access to deleting replies and entire threads.
| 2.Click to submit your edits.
| Warning: This is an immediate and non-reversible operation.
| Use caution before deleting messages to avoid deleting the wrong ones.
| To prevent mistakes, click on the Message Title link to preview the message in its thread context.

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