Barbara Chally
Deleting old posts
Fri Apr 6, 2012 18:57
68.184.7.194

A poster at my message board, 154052, has requested that I delete any posts with his full name included. I have already deleted the most recent such post I found through the search feature, using the Maintenance Page and simply paging back. But this would be impractical with another six posted in years previously. I've found that with the search feature in the Maintenance area I can't seem to bring up those older posts again or delete them then individually. Please help me with proceeding, or tell me you could accomplish this for me with further information I provide.

    • Re: Deleting old postsTamara, Sat Apr 7 07:26
      The search function will pull up all the posts that match your search query. It's possible that the person only used their full name sporadically. Sometimes, it is necessary to do search on the... more
      • Deleting old postsBarb, Sat Apr 7 16:01
        I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't clear enough with my question. Yes, I found six uses of the name I was seeking, either within the message or as the subject of it, though never the actual poster, while... more
        • Re: Deleting old postsTamara, Sun Apr 8 11:31
          Could you give me the search term you are using?
          • Deleting old postsBarb, Sun Apr 8 14:56
            Frankly, Tamara, I'd rather not post the information I used in trying to access the six messages to which I refer because that or providing the name involved is tantamount to reposting those messages ... more
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