I did a little search in the Staff section, and for the record the ability to send an email for each report was removed in January 2018.
So if you did a report in 2017 or earlier, it's possible that a mod has your email address somewhere. But if I believe this answer from a mod (I won't name him
) following this change, you don't risk a lot :
If this is accurate, the warning should probably be removed. So if you did a report in 2017 or earlier, it's possible that a mod has your email address somewhere. But if I believe this answer from a mod (I won't name him
) following this change, you don't risk a lot :Quote
I had a filter set up as well though I recently changed it to move all the messages to the trashcan. Guess that's no longer needed.
I'd be inclined to believe that because the email addresses are stored in a MYSQL database along with the report contents, that only admins are able to read them, as they have direct access to the DB.
I don't think the forum uses MySQL. It appears that SMF may use Oracle databases by default, although theymos has customized the forum software, and the new forum software uses postgressSQL, so he may be using that. I would agree that only certain admins have access to the forum database, although the OP was pointing out specific situations in which certain mods had permissions to view certain data from the database under particular circumstances. This is different than a moderator making an arbitrary query to the database.