Well it would be nice if there was an option in MEMBERS ACCOUNT module that would allow you to remove REGISTERED MEMBERS from the database after a set period of days. So if the user has not logged in in say 90 Days it would send them an email a week before saying the account will be terminated unless they Login and include a link otherwise the account will be deleted..

I have had my site for about a year now and i have over 20,000 members registered but i know many of them have come and gone.. others forget there passwords and resign back up again and again..

so it would be nice to be able to flush the user database of all the InActive Users.. Like it would send them to the Suspended User where you have the option to delete the account permanently..

Your Thoughts??

Member pruning... I like it!

I'm actually working on a admin module for that, saw on on nukecops for phpnuke and liked it but uses some unneeded database thing. So decided to make my own, as my first real module for CPGnuke from the ground up.

there's code in protector and also in the monitor module (desarrollonuke.org)

I don't think it's wise to include in a cpgnuke distro, even as an option.

well its a needed feature i think once you starting getting thousands of members.. as these member forget their password and cant hit the LOST PASSWORD button.. i get emails all the time saying they couldnt login so they tried signing back up but say that both emails are already been used...

As I know protector had it and all i think the New NSN Your Account has it also.. The thing does it slow the system down with DB queries as i am no programmer or is it something that runs once a day to verify and check the users last login..

Well glad to hear you are creating a module like that as i would love to clean up my user database of all the dead accounts...

Also as i stated my site has over 20,000 registered members does that have any impact on making my site run slower or has nothing to do with it...

Thanks again for any help... And Viperal i will be waiting to use for Mod

Viperal this must of been the one you were referring to as I guess someone made it for PHPNuke like you mentioned above..

www.nukecops.com/modul...p;sid=2139

Great idea!

That the one, look like it, but i was sure i saw anther one. But same idea.

Saw what you did to thr theme, look awsome.

Viperal...

some ideas...
Personally I do not like auto deletion.

But...
-An interface stating who has not logged in for so many days...
-- then the admin can send an email to all users who have not logged in telling them to log in or risk being deleted (say 30 day grace?).
-- Mark the account as having an email sent.
- If a user logs in the email sent mark is reset
- Admin interface to list all member who did not log in within the grace period... then a mass delete of the users in this list.

This way easy to control... and gives the users a second chance... and easy to remove the deliquent users.

Just my thoughts.

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I like the ideas listed. My only requirements would be that you be able to specify the amount of time of inactivity. I also would like a warning page before it auto-deletes the users, showing who's going to be deleted, and giving you the option to "uncheck" some of the users to keep them from being deleted. I also like the idea of the email-before-deletion feature. Maybe you could use that to send out to users, and then if they don't respond to a link they need to click, a list will be developed that you could use to delete.


Sorry if it's all sorta jumbled together. I just have really been wanting something like this, and don't have the skills to create my own modules.

this (most likely) will never be created, because deleting a user screws up a lot of stuff, thats why you can only "suspend" them. but maybe the could be expanded...to auto suspend them after a certain amount of time...

This feature has been requested before. I feel it is needed and should eventually become an option within the admin section of the core. This feature was a standard item in the BBS's of old, and for a good reason.

The subject of deleting users has been approached as well, and the verdict at that time was to merely suspend the accounts without deleting them so as not to disrupt forum posts, etc...

If this is implemented there should be a flag available in a users account that an admin can set so that the user is never flagged for suspension (something like the user is a family member or whatever).

I could need something like this and as has been proven above, others need it as well. Perhaps something someone can take a look at?

Yes, this would be something I need! Suspend users automatically after a period of inactivity...
Have a couple of 100's of users that only logged in once like over a year ago, would like to get rid of those accounts!

can you create a user named Ghost, transfer all prior posts from the users you want to delete to Ghost, then delete the unwanted users en mass ?

all coppermine pix etc could go into a Ghost folder

that should sove any problems with broken posts and threads

just a random thought