pm guidelines:
If exclusively personal contact is needed, use the private message system. Do not post a topic where only one member is expected to answer. Posting and language guidelines extend to the pm system. Usmessageboard.com maintains the privacy of its users and will not access private messages unless ordered to do so by a court of law.
posting information gained through private messages is prohibited unless specific permission is granted in a public forum and/or to a usmb staff member from the member who is a participant in the pm conversation.
Using the usmb pm system for promoting other message boards is explicitly against board rules. Anyone suspected/and found using our pm system to steal members will be dealt with harshly and may face a ban.
Posting private messages will only be allowed after establishing a 50 post count
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looks like i stand corrected. I certainly am going to watch what i say via pm's from now on. :d
so, to make sure i understand this:
1. We can forward pms to whomever we wish.
2. We cannot post them (with the exception of an automated notification of reputation).
3. And, if we find a pm we receive breaks the rules (ie. Threats of harm, threats of messing with using this site, recruiting, etc.), we use the report function to draw staff's attention to it (because pms can be altered through using the forwarding function.)
(that was my understanding all along, but i just want to make sure.)
They can try! I've never reported socks, they always out themselves eventually...Oftentimes they are even humorous, but the staff has a job to do enforcing the rules of the forum. Mr Malcontent would rather play games and make things more difficult for the staff because that's just the kind of Christian ideal he lives by........... 
