Personal messages

[jacksparrow]

Q. Does anyone know if a pm that you send stays in your outbox until it is picked up as mine are in there even though it says that its been sent....

[Romig1]

I think outbox just refers to the fact that it's a message you have sent.

I guess messages will stay there regardless of whether they have been read or not.

[JenniC]

Mine have gone and are showing in Sent messages. Received ones stay in the Inbox, but I have set up a new folder called "read" and moved them from Inbox to there

[Romig1]

Jenni is right.

The messages stay in outbox until they shift into "sent" items.

[jacksparrow]

I shall keep an eye on it.... I have sent it to vigi but its still showing in the outbox, even though when I hit submit it said that it had been sent.

[Romig1]

That's definitely how it works Jack.

A few minutes ago I had 2 in my outbox. Now I only have 1, and the recipient of the other one is online so has obviously opened my message.

[Jaczs+]

Romig send me one

[The Invigilator]

Hi JS I got 2 messages but I can't open them any advice folks?

[Jaczs+]

I opened mine Jack but can't reply

[Romig1]

Jaczs,

To send a message just click on someone's name and there should be an option to "send private message"

[The Invigilator]

Hi JS - I opened it hope you got my reply

[jacksparrow]

Just sent you one back vigi....

Jaczs, there is a reply button on the top left hand side.

jack

[Dancing Queen]

I tried to send a pm earlier and it wouldn't send, I assumed you needed to have a certain number of posts for it to be activated.

[Jaczs+]

I have no reply button

[JenniC]

Hi Jaczs - open the message and on the LH side of the screen in a Reply to Message button with an arrow on it. Well there is on my screen... Good Luck

[Wina G]

I don't think it's anything to do with number of posts as I've got less than Jaczs & I've been able to send a PM

[wolfie]

How do you get sent PM's to stay in your sent box or where ever they lurk after you have sent them?

[oldbluefox]

wolfie

All of mine are in the Sent Messages box. Click in the New Messages box next to the cog and it brings up your User Control Panel. There is a tab there for Sent Messages. Is that what you mean?

[Manoverboard]

They will stay in the Outbox and will only move into the Sent Box after the intended victim has opened it.

[Keechy]

They will stay in the Outbox and will only move into the Sent Box after the intended victim has opened it.

I agree with MOB. I sent a PM to myself and it appeared in the inbox and sent box immediately. One which I sent to another CCer sat in the outbox for a few days but is now in my sent items, so I think it was picked up when he signed in. Although the person involved is normally a prolific poster, I haven't seen him for a few days so I'm guessing that's the reason.

[Manoverboard]

... I sent a PM to myself ...

Have you tried the Samaritans

[qbman1]

I always get an e-mail when I have a PM, whether I am on-line or not. Not sure how I managed that - it just happened like magic. Suppose that's Smurfs for you !

[Manoverboard]

It's down to a flea ridden moggie I'de say ... you can turn those e-mails off via the magic cog ... shout if you have any problems

Cog / Board Preferences / Edit Global Settings / Notify me on new private messages: No

[Kendhni]

You may also have to clear out any that you are already subscribed to using
Cog(User control panel) -> Overview -> Manage subscriptions.

Not sure exactly what you do after that because I have no subscriptions and so can't check. I think there is a box to select all and a button to remove subscriptions.

[Manoverboard]

That's right Ken but Subscriptions are Topic related not PMs