Buckleysmom
Member
When I go to my Private Messages there are old messages there. My only option is to "unsubscribe". Didn't there used to be an option to delete messages or am I mistaken? Also, is unsubscribing the same as deleting? If not, what happens when I unsubscribe and how do I delete the old stuff?
Thanks in advance,
BK
GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
Blocked
If everyone unsubscribes from a message, it's deleted. Which means if someone else has a copy of the message, they can rejoin you, etc. So unsubscribing is sort of like deleting, in that the message is only stored once, and you get unlinked from it.
Buckleysmom
Member
Oh I see. So there's no way to actually delete a message simply because there's always at least one other person "tied" to it (since you wouldn't pm yourself because that would be rather dumb....lol), and if I unsubscribe but they don't, their copy of the message is still sitting in their private messages until they also unsubscribe.
Robert....I'm sure I have a long way to go before I fill up my capacity but I can see how that might be a problem for some....so I guess it would be nice to have that info available.
Thank you both for the replies.
goodgotd
Member
I'm at the point anything that hasn't done anything for a while is gonna get the boot and the big discussion of the big L thread is going away, I don't really have much to contribute. And then there's the overload factor.
In light of the low inherent privacy of a PM on a forum site, I would prefer to hold as many as possible PM's to an exchange of email links, preferably burnable proxy emails on both sides as soon as a better exchange happens. <shrug>
i think the L thread he's talking about is a private thread about that tv show "The L Word"...it's no wonder he doesn't have much to contribute...
ROFLMAO! Gee, Goody, I guess I am on the boring L Word Thread. Invite me please?
When you delete Roxy, Mods, you can delete me too. But I had to say that.
false...neither BK nor Ms. Janeway should be deleted...
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the person below me understands everything i rattle on about...
So what it boils down to is...never keep anything you really need in your PM's because you end up deleting them to make room for new ones.
Actually I do understand, Violet.
However, it's right genre, wrong TV show. My nick/avatar is from the sci-fi show Babylon 5. Mira Furlan/Delenn was, also, the crazy French lady on the island in Lost. Capt. Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, was on Star Trek:Voyager. Both are fine actresses and 2 of my favs.
goodgotd
Member
the first rule of a pm is: it ain't private. the second is it ain't permanent or unchangeable.
the thread I referred to (just unsubsrcibed, also have no idea how I got into the furball) was over a recent controversy on the forums here. no tv shows. never heard of the L word. but then, I rarely watch commercial tv the same way many seem to. and game shows I actively avoid for the most part.
if a pm thread has any value or interest, (the one I touched on really had none, not my scene) I select and copy the text and paste into a text file, then save in my J:/!gaotd directory tree before unsubscribing. that way I can restart with full history without retyping. or remembering.
funny thing, delenn, I have and thoroughly enjoyed/enjoy all of babylon 5 (now on dvd, but had [still have] it on vhs tape) including movies, specials and crusade as far as it lasted, used to be into Voyager (dunno what I still have- first season and the end returning to earth IIRC) and due to a request from a neighbor, all of Lost though I've never watched any. now I know Mira's there I might give it a look. hmmm...
OTOH, I have both seasons of the Addams Family plus both Raul Julia movies. and get smart. and columbo....
Goody, quite possibly the person who knotted you and some others to this L-furball, is no longer so happy with his choice. The replies he got are most likely not what he wanted to hear.
By the way when s.o. will send me a PM, please never TYPE graylox into the address box, that will never reach me. "graylox" is lost in cyberspace and I can't access it. (It's a long and complicated story...)
This account is still called "notblocklox", better you just click on "PM this user".
So, if you are wondering why you never got an answer on your PM - this could be the reason.
Thanks.
goodgotd
Member
well, as to unintended consequences: that is the rule, rather than the exception when dealing with a global audience. Or just a bunch of individuals. So goes the internet.
I'm not exactly a coward, but loath to give opinions since they are mine own alone. OTOH, I am both a bit of a privacy nut and strongly opinionated. And way out of step with a *lot* of folks- a fair many that think they know how I'm going to react get caught off-balance. :)
I had hypothesized something had created a folded hypercube out of your original graylox account, from the (sort of) aggressive way you've tended to use variable aliases lately.
Right annoying, I betcha!
I try not to use the PM system as it is annoying.
Riddle me this? Why does the system send me an email when I post a PM? I know my memory is bad but I don't need an email to let me know I sent a PM.
2-SHEDS
Member
I'm with goodgotd here. Nobody should assume your "private" messages here at GOTD are private. The site works from WordPress not something like VBulletin where there's actually a private messaging system. More and likely, admins and most likely moderators have access to all PM's here regardless of who sent a PM to who. In other words, your PM isn't public but it isn't private either.
NO - this system is always good for a surprise - LOL
Robert, did you type graylox?
graylox/notblocklox got a PM and under "Members" are 2 x graylox.
I clicked on the one in italic (unread) and came to my old and original graylox profile, from there I sent a PM to graylox and got it in my new graylox/notblocklox PM box. I answered to the old graylox and got even that in my new graylox box.
HELP: my poor brain is rotating.
Oh, 2-sheds it seems you are a professional for this system. So please explain me, how I as a moderator can get access to Robert's PMs. I always wanted to read his love letters.
Yes, do inform us as I've not seen this option anywhere on the admin side. As far as I know, I can only see your PM's if you add me to the discussion.
Yes, the two grayloxes can chat via PM and I can read this highly interesting conversation in my graylox/notblocklox account - both sides. But your message to old-lox didn't come.
Usually I get in my email account the notice that old-graylox got a PM, but the link goes to new-graylox without showing the message. But this email arrives hours later.
The old-graylox is still there, I can go to the profile and it has my avatar, but I can't log in and can't see the PMs.
Robert
StrayCat
Yep.I did type graylox in both messages.
But..I didn't add 'notblockblox' to join the conversation in my second ghost message.
LOL
Makes you wonder how many lovely people PM'ed graylox,not knowing she would never receive their message...
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Hi Copmom.Maybe someday we will appreciate to be informed we sent a message,just in case we forgot.LOL.
This is from BuBBy back when we first got the new PM system.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6140#post-63877
In fact, read the entire thread....
2-Sheds is correct; you need to have the level permissions. As owner of my IRC bot, I had privy to passwords and messages. Only level 500(bot owner) had the capability. My Admins and Ops(499 to 300) didn't.
GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
Blocked
@graylox: the email that you receive when you get a new PM doesn't directly point to the PM. It all depends on what account you're logged in at the time.
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