I had a small surge in spammers on my board for a while and eventually deleted their phpBB user accounts. Since then, I've had posts from some of these deleted users showing up periodically. I tried to find them using the moderation queue deleted topics, and deleted posts but found none. I did some Google searches, but didn't turn up straightforward ways to search for these posts. I'm running 3.3.14, but I think I've had the problem since 3.3.13. Any hints on how to search for and delete these posts?
TIA
Deleted Users Posts Keep Appearing
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rbc
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warmweer
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Re: Deleted Users Posts Keep Appearing
If the posts made by deleted users were retained when you deleted those users, you can still search for posts made by those deleted users (the post still has the poster_name) and then delete those posts.
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thecoalman
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Re: Deleted Users Posts Keep Appearing
You can just use:
That will bring up all posts not associated with registered user.
yourdomain.com/search.php?author_id=1&sr=postsThat will bring up all posts not associated with registered user.
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rbc
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Re: Deleted Users Posts Keep Appearing
Thanks for the tips. I'll try them out.