Sending Private Messages, PM's & Outbox Notification
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:42 pm
Hi everyone
It appears that our little website has a rather useful function, but one that we aren't perhaps so familiar with, so if i explain it first, we'll see how we live with it, and if its proven to be more confusing than its worth, we'll amend it.
When sending another member a Private Message, a PM, it will remain in your Outbox counter, eg (Outbox 1), and to the unfamiliar, appear as if its hanging around and not going anywhere.
We are more used to seeing it leave the Outbox, and immediately show as a Sent Message, but this is not the case here.
In fact, it will show as Outbox 1 until the recipient picks the message up, and only then it will show in your Sent folder, thus proving that your recipient has logged in, collected and read your message.
So it is a useful tool for indicating that your message has actually been read, and even more useful in that at any time prior to being read, you can go back and select it from your Outbox, and edit it with any amendments you may feel necessary.
We shall see how we get on with it for now, and gauge its usefulness against confusion!
Thank you for your understanding
Shrew
It appears that our little website has a rather useful function, but one that we aren't perhaps so familiar with, so if i explain it first, we'll see how we live with it, and if its proven to be more confusing than its worth, we'll amend it.
When sending another member a Private Message, a PM, it will remain in your Outbox counter, eg (Outbox 1), and to the unfamiliar, appear as if its hanging around and not going anywhere.
We are more used to seeing it leave the Outbox, and immediately show as a Sent Message, but this is not the case here.
In fact, it will show as Outbox 1 until the recipient picks the message up, and only then it will show in your Sent folder, thus proving that your recipient has logged in, collected and read your message.
So it is a useful tool for indicating that your message has actually been read, and even more useful in that at any time prior to being read, you can go back and select it from your Outbox, and edit it with any amendments you may feel necessary.
We shall see how we get on with it for now, and gauge its usefulness against confusion!
Thank you for your understanding
Shrew