Sending a DM to a user who the bot does not share a server with
I'd like to make a ban appeal process for my server/bot. When a user is banned using either the context menu or the systems
/ban command, the guildBanAdd event is fired, I would then like to send the user a DM notifying them that they were banned and how to appeal it.
However, seeing as once the guildBanAdd event is fired, that user is no longer in the server at that point, so I don't think it's possible for the bot to send them a DM, correct? Or am I missing something?9 Replies
You cannot send someone a dm with a bot without any mutual servers
Yeah, that's what I figured, I couldn't comprehend how it would work myself. But I do see lot's of server with implemented ban appeals, such as this server, any idea how they do it?
The only other thing I could think of is the banned user would have to create a brand new account, join the server (ban evade) and contact a staff member, which sounds even worse lol
Pretty sure in this server they just do what you said at the end, don't think we have "implemented ban appeals"
Yeah we dont
I see, well I appreciate the help 🙂
The bot sends you a DM telling to appeal to a mod, then bans you
Is the banning process done via the bot, or using Discord built in ban features?
Bot
If its someone we banned we're not super concerned with making it easy for them to come back
Yeah, that makes sense for sure lol thanks again for the help 👌