[brownboy66]

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

Ok, what about getting your cook to PM that cheesecake to me?

Central Office
National Bank of Upper Volta
Ouagadougou
Upper Volta
Friday 19th of October 2007
about midday.


Dear Sirs

I am the manager of the central branch of the national bank of Upper Volta, and recently discovered that one of our largest business clients left the country without leaving a forwarding address. Upon checking the contents of their safe deposit box we discovered one extremely rich cheesecake, freshly baked. Your name was forwarded to us as someone who might be able to assist in relocating this item. Kindly forward to us a suitable address, birth certificate, vaccination certificate for your dog, and kindergarten academic records and we will transfer the cheesecake to you. Wishing you all the best.

the cook.


ps - guess what's for dessert tonite....

[capt_mahajan]

A public PM.

My life is made.





Moderator note: joyinbirthing and roofr, your posts have been moved to http://www.indiamike.com/india/forum...mepage-t45234/

others seem to be having the same problem

[shashank.aggarwal]

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

A public PM.

My life is made.

Okay now can we share the cake...

[tonylittle]

I have not had one beging Pms. how do they known how poor i am ?anyway i thought PMS. is a lady thing

Tony

[Prashant.M]

Good one Hyderabadi!

[wonderwomanusa]

Originally Posted by nadreg

Hi all,


So, I am disabling the PM system for all new registrants. Only users who have more than 10 posts in the system and who have been members for more than 15 days will be able to send and receive PMs. I apologize if this creates problems for legitimate users, but the mods and I feel it's necessary to protect the integrity of the site.

Thanks all.

Hmmm... I received two (identical) PMs from soneone who joined on October 9, and has only posted two messages. They were sent on October 18; was that before the new policy went into effect?

[capt_mahajan]

Mod note

Yes. The new policy went into effect a day later.

Folks, new rules or not, you can always report an annoying unsolicited PM to any mod. Usually immediate action is taken.

[julz]

When I try to PM a friend of mine, I get this message:

".....has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her"

She has been a member since July 07 but hasn't posted anything. So does this mean, we can't PM? Or can I somehow add her to my private list??

[capt_mahajan]

She may have disabled PMs. I think you can do that.

PS: Yes, you can. In the usercp, edit options, there is a tick box.

But bear in mind that

She has been a member since July 07 but hasn't posted anything

under the new rules, she may not be able to PM you back anyway.

[wonderwomanusa]

Originally Posted by julz

When I try to PM a friend of mine, I get this message:

".....has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her"

She has been a member since July 07 but hasn't posted anything. So does this mean, we can't PM? Or can I somehow add her to my private list??

We have the option to not accept PMs; it seems your friend has taken that option.

[julz]

Originally Posted by wonderwomanusa

We have the option to not accept PMs; it seems your friend has taken that option.

No she hasn't. She just emailed me to say that she has been trying to PM me and can't. I have tried to PM her and can't as well. So after reading this thread I thought it may be because she has never posted.

[julz]

Originally Posted by nadreg

Hi all,
So, I am disabling the PM system for all new registrants. Only users who have more than 10 posts in the system and who have been members for more than 15 days will be able to send and receive PMs.
Thanks all.

I think this is the answer... the operative word being and. Although, she has been a member for a while, she hasn't posted...Damn, she better get posting then! So, how does the buddy list work? If we are on each other's, does the above rule apply?

[steven_ber]

Originally Posted by nadreg

Hi all,
So, I am disabling the PM system for all new registrants. Only users who have more than 10 posts in the system and who have been members for more than 15 days will be able to send and receive PMs.
Thanks all.

The mods have wanted this change for a long time, and it has been discussed for a long time.

There will be no perfect system, and it's a pity there has to be restrictions, but the PM system was an easy way to get around the rules of the website, it also allowed members to PM any and every new female member, it also allowed lazy members to send their own 'unique' "How do I get from Mumbai to Goa?" PM's, then vanish into the night without even a thank you.

I've received thousands of private messages from new members asking about train info (or to plan their entire Itinerary), yet I can't remember a single time when the member could be embarrassed about their message or have any other reason not to post the questions in the main forum, after all, it's just as easy to start a thread (or reply to a thread) as it is to send a PM.

Hopefully the new rules will encourage new members to start threads.

[Rosenrot]

Originally Posted by julz

I think this is the answer... the operative word being and. Although, she has been a member for a while, she hasn't posted...Damn, she better get posting then! So, how does the buddy list work? If we are on each other's, does the above rule apply?

This explains everything! I didn't block you (or did I???) . Ok,I better try and rack up a few posts then.

[Nick-H]

I guess new members should be able to receive PMs --- maybe a techie thing that Nadreg should look at.

This site is based on commercial software, so what can be done is often limited --- there's no team of IM programmers busy on the next version.