Private message mystery
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:29 pm
Hello everyone. A couple of times recently I have received the automatic e-mail saying I have a private message. Then when I log on to the forum to look for it, the message isn't there.
Reasons could be:
1. There's something wrong with the forum software and the private message isn't being delivered.
2. The sender has deleted the private message before I had a chance to read it.
If it's (2), this may happen because the sender isn't quite sure how the PMs work. When you compose a PM and hit Submit, the message should go to your Outbox. It will stay there until the person you are sending it to reads it. While it's in your Outbox, you can edit or delete the message...meaning you can delete it before the recipient reads it, if you change your mind about sending it. When the person reads the message, it will go from your Outbox to your Sentbox.
This is different from e-mail where you can delete a message from your Sent folder immediately after hitting Send, and the person will still get the message.
So...if you've tried to send me a PM recently, I haven't received it, so perhaps you'd rather e-mail it to: SoakersForum (at) yahoo.com. If you have sent me a PM and not deleted it, I need to check the software and try to figure out why private messaging isn't working right.
Eric
Reasons could be:
1. There's something wrong with the forum software and the private message isn't being delivered.
2. The sender has deleted the private message before I had a chance to read it.
If it's (2), this may happen because the sender isn't quite sure how the PMs work. When you compose a PM and hit Submit, the message should go to your Outbox. It will stay there until the person you are sending it to reads it. While it's in your Outbox, you can edit or delete the message...meaning you can delete it before the recipient reads it, if you change your mind about sending it. When the person reads the message, it will go from your Outbox to your Sentbox.
This is different from e-mail where you can delete a message from your Sent folder immediately after hitting Send, and the person will still get the message.
So...if you've tried to send me a PM recently, I haven't received it, so perhaps you'd rather e-mail it to: SoakersForum (at) yahoo.com. If you have sent me a PM and not deleted it, I need to check the software and try to figure out why private messaging isn't working right.
Eric