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User History
This page allows you to view a history of all the changes made to a user's personal file, including the list of messages this user received. The information recorded is:
- which messages were sent to the user, and which messages bounced
- the changes made to the user's file data and list subscriptions (if any)
- information on who changed the user file (i.e. the user or an admin), with IP address, browser and OS used by the person who changed the file, etc. This tracking feature provides enhanced security.
This page is also used when you wish to remove a user from the blacklist.
Description
User john@mail.com
The email of the user (john@mail.com in this example)
2 messages sent to this user
The number of messages sent to this user (2 in this example)
| Messages | sent | bounce |
| 616 | Sat May 6 12:40 CEST 2004 | |
| 602 | Wed March 2 13:40 CEST 2004 |
Messages
The ID corresponding to the message that was sent. Each message has a unique ID (616 and 602 in this example). For more, see send message.
sentThe date and time at which the message was sent.
bounceIf a message bounced, the information appears here. in what form? date/time? ?
User Subscription History
Example with 2 entries. Definitions of what each entry means is detailed below.
| Subscription History | ip | date | summary |
| 274 | 24.24.224.24 | 2005-02-26 21:25:36 | Change |
detail
City = Greaseville
*changed* from Lightville
List subscriptions:
Was subscribed to: listname 2
Was subscribed to: listname 3
Is now subscribed to: listname 1
Is now subscribed to: listname 2
*changed* from Lightville
List subscriptions:
Was subscribed to: listname 2
Was subscribed to: listname 3
Is now subscribed to: listname 1
Is now subscribed to: listname 2
info
HTTP_USER_AGENT = Mozilla/5.0...
HTTP_REFERER = http://www.mysite.com/lists/?p=preferences&uid=ba7fdc88356...
REMOTE_ADDR = 24.24.224.24
HTTP_REFERER = http://www.mysite.com/lists/?p=preferences&uid=ba7fdc88356...
REMOTE_ADDR = 24.24.224.24
| Subscription History | ip | date | summary |
| 54 | 13.13.113.13 | 2001-01-12 12:45:11 | Update by adminname |
detail
No user system details changed or No userdata changed
List Membership:
List Membership:
* listname 1
* listname 2
* listname 2
info
HTTP_USER_AGENT = Netscape/7.1...
HTTP_REFERER = http://www.mysite.com/lists/admin/?page=user&start=&id=12...
REMOTE_ADDR = 13.13.113.13
HTTP_REFERER = http://www.mysite.com/lists/admin/?page=user&start=&id=12...
REMOTE_ADDR = 13.13.113.13
Definitions
Subscription History
Each change made to a user's file is recorded with a unique ID which appears here for reference.
ipIP address of the person who made a change to the user's file.
dateDate and time at which the change was made.
summaryThis briefly defines what type of change was made to the user's file:
Change
Update by adminname
Confirmation
Subscription
the change was made using the public 'preferences' page. This usually means that it is the user him/herself who made the changes.
the change was made by an admin (admin adminname in this example).
the day/date when the user confirms his/her subscription. Each user has to confirm his/her subscription to your system by clicking on the confirmationURL sent in the confirmation email see .. add link to docs.
the day/date when the user subscribed to your system. All the information entered upon subscription is detailed here. Details include the ID of the subscribe page which was used.
detail
All the changes concerning the user's details are found here, including which lists the user was (un)subscribed to. If no changes are made, this is mentioned too.
Only the data which was changed is listed here, listed by attributes, with the new and old values for each attribute listed in the order in which they appear on the subscribe page.
Question: it seems that regardless of any changes in the lists, they are all listed again here. is this correct?Only the data which was changed is listed here, listed by attributes, with the new and old values for each attribute listed in the order in which they appear on the subscribe page.
HTTP_USER_AGENT
Details on the browser and operating system used by the person who made the changes to the user's file.
HTTP_REFERERPage from which the change was made. This enables to verify whether the change was made using a public page (preferences page) or a private page (admin pages). See examples above for an illustration (the first is a public page, the second is an admin page).
REMOTE_ADDRIP address of the person who made a change to the user's file.
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