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Management => Site Rules, Announcements and Suggestions => Announcements => Topic started by: iomkiwi on February 12, 2012, 05:45:34 PM

Title: Personal Messaging
Post by: iomkiwi on February 12, 2012, 05:45:34 PM

Just thought I would post a quick note on the personal messaging system in this forum.

I have run another forum using this software for a few years so have noticed a small problem so have copied a post I made over there.

"Just a quick word on 'private messages' (or PM's).When you get the email notification of a PM - DO NOT REPLY TO THE EMAIL - you have to log in to the site and reply to the PM itself. If you reply to the email I am the one that will receive it - not the person that sent you the PM. This could be embarrassing if the PM is about me "

Of course in this forum the email won't come to me - but the point is that by replying to the email the reply will not go to the person that sent the original message

Alan

Title: Re: Personal Messaging
Post by: gabba on February 13, 2012, 10:59:11 PM

Thanks iomkiwi

All those emails are coming to me at present - I try to forward them on if I can. However the best thing is that you don't reply to the automated emails

Title: Re: Personal Messaging
Post by: iomkiwi on February 14, 2012, 07:26:21 AM

What I do on my forum is return it with the 'do not reply' text highlighted and a big smiley face ;D
So the sender gets a reminder straight away, then it might stick in their mind