Brian Posted September 21, 2020 Report Posted September 21, 2020 Someone asked me if there was a way to backup private messages so you can clear old messages. I noticed this wasn't a feature of this software, so I found a small and cheap plugin and just installed it. If you go into your message inbox, you should be able to check the right hand side and download either a single chat, or your entire message history to an easy to read html file. Hope this helps and works for everyone. Brian
b.hennick Posted September 22, 2020 Report Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks, Brian: I downloaded all my saved messages. I reread some old conversations. They brought back nice memories. Keep up the good work.
Kiipu Posted October 1, 2021 Report Posted October 1, 2021 Just to verify, this backup feature is down again with the recent software upgrade?
Brian Posted October 1, 2021 Author Report Posted October 1, 2021 Downloading pm's to pc? Was an addon, but hasn't been updated to work with the latest software yet. I'll try enable it and see if it still can be used, but if not we have to wait until the author updates it. Didn't know anyone actually used any of the addons I install.
Rich S Posted October 1, 2021 Report Posted October 1, 2021 Brian and all Can't you just copy and paste a PM to your PC? I do it with all sorts of text and pics from the 'net ? Brian - thanks for your hard work.
Brian Posted October 2, 2021 Author Report Posted October 2, 2021 Thanks Rich, Some guys have literally hundreds of messages archived. There are several hundred thousand pm's stored currently. So I guess this is of use to some guys. Appreciate the kind words.
FZ1 Posted October 2, 2021 Report Posted October 2, 2021 I'll be honest, I don't check the Tech forum as often as I should, Brian - I'm sure there's loads of stuff you've made available that would make my life easier. However, as Admin, you know that your earthly rewards are few, but as you also know, there is a special place in Internet Heaven for unappreciated Admins ...... hopefully Cheers, Jon (Ex Admin of other groups! )
Kiipu Posted October 4, 2021 Report Posted October 4, 2021 This feature seems to have reappeared. I saved one message and it worked just as before. One can save all messages, a backup for example, or one can open up a message and save just it, so as to delete the message afterwards. One note of caution, images and attachments need to be downloaded independently as they are not included in the HTML.
Brian Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Posted October 5, 2021 Yip, I found a way to keep it working for now.
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