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fretlessman71
07-17-2003, 12:56 AM
THIS IS NOT A RANT. It has simply come to my attention that there are several of us (who shall remain nameless) that are not aware that people have sent them private messages, and are therefore unable to communicate privately with those who are trying to communicate with them. Am I communicating this properly? GOOD! NOW then....

Whenever you log in to Realbeer, and go to the Community page, try scrolling down all the way to the bottom. There you will see a "Public users" box showing who is logged in at the time, and below that a "Private Messages" box. THIS IS FOR YOU. This tells you if you have any private messages in your inbox, and how many. If you click on the word "Private Messages", you will be taken to your inbox.

You may also visit your User Control Panel (labeled "User PC") and go to Edit Options, where you can do a whole lot of stuff. One of the things you can do is elect to receive an email when you get a private message from a realbeer member. This makes your PM life much easier, as you can click on a link within the email to go directly to your inbox.

Just thought I'd help out a bit!

threecb
07-17-2003, 07:07 AM
Thanks fret...I know I shall remain namele–oh...darn...

fretlessman71
07-17-2003, 07:48 AM
Well, to be fair, thre - OOPS, I wasn't supposed to mention your name - you weren't the only one who got back to me after about a 3 month period just this week! So, I just thought I'd let a few people know, because it's an extremely cool feature of this board.

Haven't tried the Instant Messaging here, but who knows... it might be very cool!

hopjack13
07-17-2003, 08:13 AM
hey threecb whats that at the bottom of your glass...?:D
fret, you never sent me a pm......?

paul84043
07-17-2003, 09:14 AM
On the other forums that I post on that are setup similar to this one, you are notified of PM's when you log in.
I need to check my profile settings and see if that's selectable, typically it's the default setting.

paul84043
07-17-2003, 09:17 AM
Okay....
I found the PM settings...
I also adjusted my time zone, apparently I was living in monrovia, wherever the hell that is...

hopjack13
07-17-2003, 09:42 AM
over by azusa ....next to duarte right off the 210...:D

threecb
07-17-2003, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by hopjack13
hey threecb whats that at the bottom of your glass...?:D

It appears to be a little chagrin!

brewmonkey
07-17-2003, 10:54 AM
I belong to another VB board where whenever you return to the site and log in, a pop-up will let you know that you have a PM. Since this board is running on the same software perhaps the admins could set it for that.

I too have sent PM's that have gone unanswered for some time.

toneyc
07-17-2003, 12:49 PM
Unfortunately, I am guilty of not answering PMs for a long time. I'm rather absent minded and forget to check the fine print at the bottom of the main page. But I have just set it to e-mail me when PM'ed so that won't happen again. Sorry, Danno!

:)
Toney.

hopjack13
07-17-2003, 03:24 PM
It appears to be a little chagrin!
i thought it was belgian lace ;) what's chagrin??? a beer?

danno
07-17-2003, 06:09 PM
Toney, actually, I owe you an email too. been kinda crazy both work and home lately...

toneyc
07-18-2003, 06:27 AM
Ain't that the truth!!!

:D
Toney.