Private messages

Lydia,
Here's a couple of replies I made when this issue came up in the recent past:

If you go to the Home page, it will show you if you have any PMs pending. Plus, on the left, it should show anyone under "Pending Actions" (at least it does for me, so should be the same for all)

Sadly not everyone bothers to check - and even if they see they have any PMs not everybody bothers to actually read them - hence why we all (well, most of us anyway) see that there are unread PMs in our Outboxes.

The non-appearance of Private Messages in our email inboxes is something which dates back to the Forum update before the last one and I fear that - for the time being at least, the Home Page notification is still in evidence.

And this one regarding sending PM (for anyone still having difficulty):

It has been brought to our attention that members are having problems with PMs.
After the last upgrade it has no longer been possible to send Private Messages by using a member's profile page but I personally use this method instead (sorry for the inconvenience)
Sending Private Messages.
1] Select 'Private Messages' (on left under 'USER MENU')
2] Select 'Compose' (top Right-hand option)
3] In the 'TO' box enter the user name of the person you wish to send the message to
4] Type your message into the 'Message' box
5] Select 'Send' and away it goes.

If you have made an error with the user name you can find it by choosing the 'SHOW USERS' link (in blue on the right hand side of the page).

This works with PCs but I'm uncertain if it works with a smartphone as mine isn't (smart).

John

Jonlate wrote: Hi john,
Just for your information, your way of sending PM works on iPad so it should work on smart phones as well.
And when you have received a PM it shows up on right had side as a private message under the facebook / Twitter links.
Thanks for all your work, and Darragh's as you always say it him really!!

Thanks to both you and Jondun for the cofirmations, it's good to know they're still working OK.

And you're so right, I do what I'm able to, but Darragh is "The Man"

John