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Okay, who all gets PM sent back and it doesnt have what you wrote in it? So then you cant remember what you had asked them or anything. I think we should have an Outbox so we can see what we wrote to someone or we should at least fix the problem with PM's on the site. I get alot of messages that dont say what i wrote. Please tell me what you think of this.

Well that part isn't a fault of the site. It's becasue whom ever you sent the PM to and who replyed deleted the 'previous messages', which usually show up under a dashed (---) line.

As far as an Outbox, there is one of those on the forums along with a "Sent Messages" area. The problem is that sending PM's on the forums don't work. So that's largely what needs to be fixed. It's just the question of, well, when Steet will ever have time to do so.

ahh...i see. Well i do believe we should have an outbox on the main site.

And I do agree. In my oppinion, it should all be connected. That way members could send PM's on the forums as well. But I'm not sure if that's possible with the forum change that had occured a while ago.

I agree, there shoild be and outbox on the main site. Sometimes I like to know what i wrote.

Also, i'm sick of this "Tail end" of messages you sent, I feel that the pm'ing system should more be like the forum (Where under the message comes up History). Bt at this, an otbox sounds brilliant.

Originally, the forums work like that : each time you send a message, another message is recorded for you to keep in the "sent" box.
Problem is, this makes twice the amount of messages in the database, and the private messages are already one of the things taking the most place in the database. That's why I only send the message to the receipt on the site.
I guess it should possible to add something to see which messages you have send by selecting "you" as the sender, and not the receipt, so that we can keep only one message...
Errr, not sure if you understand everything. But it probably can be done.

How about you remove the PM system on the forums, so when you click "1 New Message" it goes to your site inbox insted.

Mmm...Well, I thought it would not be possible, but then, I replaced the link to register so it's probably the same thing.
Does this sound like a good idea though? Some people may actually prefer the forums private messages section. But having the two, generates a lot of bugs. I'm not sure.
Just tell me your opinion.

If you get rid of the forums PM system, then would we have an outbox on the main site?

Or see if you could use the text editor that we use on the forum, so you can still use quotes in PM's, but thats another problem, what about when mods issue warnings, it appears:



However it is poorly translated into something un-understandable on the site (Since it does not support BBCode)

The BB code version of the PM'ing Box is much better than the Main site PM system. The main site PM system does generate bugs. Some messages don't even get sent at all. Or if you do send a message or if it does work. Your message will be collided with some one Else's messages. Then you will be playing tug of war with the flashing line to bring it back to the top of the title editor. I recommend the BB code.

Best thing about this is that it tells you when you misspelled a word when your writing.

i do agree with that. themain site pm box does tend to have some issues. Oh, whats the warning mean by the way? That kinda confused me

It's the PM you get when you get warned on the forum.

oh. ok, thanks. i was confused about that one