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Hi Group,
I just discovered something about FAOL; there is a Message Center. I've never been in there until a few minutes ago. I had a bunch of unread messages that I didn't know about. Sorry for ignoring those questions, I didn't know they were there. I'll check more often in the future. Take care & ...
Tight Lines - Al Beatty
www.btsflyfishing.com
Al,
Under your profile you can check to be alerted by email of a PM message....a few other things too....handy
Al, your not the only one. After reading your post I 'discovered' the message center and found several old messages. Oops!
Me too, Al.
Felt pretty dumb. Hate to have anyone think I'd ignore them.
Good Luck!
Buddy
Wow! Al, I just made the same discovery you did. Thanks for the heads-up on the message center. Only thing was----no messages. 8T :cry:
thanks ducksterman, I changed my profile a few minutes ago.
Tight Lines - Al Beatty
www.btsflyfishing.com
Me too
Only one message but a month old :oops:
Thanks for pointing this out.
Me too - 2 messages - 2 months old. :(
Hi All,
How do you get to the message center from your profile?
Thanks and regards,
Gandolf
Al,
For a while there I thought you were ignoring me. :wink:
Hopefully I'll make the Fly Fishing show this year to introduce myself. I see they changed locations to Pleasanton.
You don't as far as I can tell. The only option I see in your profile is to have an email alert to let you know you have a PM. The only way I know other than the email that includes a link is at the top of the bb page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandolf
Hope that helps.
I for one hate message centers. I rarely think to look for messages and to be honest, it's very much by accident that I ever see them. If the PM comes to my email, I will get and answer them in a timely manner. Seems all the forums have this feature so I am certainly not singling out any forum by my comments.
Holy cow I had 258 messages! Sike! :lol: I do like the new lay out though.
Brent
I thought they would be great. A few have sent me some. I no longer use them because most do not have them turned on and my messages just sit there, unknown and answered. I have used them several times to thank folks for something, in a timely manner, only to have them ignored. I no longer will use them, too many don't want to be 'bothered' and/or have them turned off. Several seem to find them annoying. If I get too many complaints I will remove them. There is always email I guess.
I do like the message center a lot. I like it better than trying to use email. Besides most everyone now keeps there email addy secret. John
JC,
Please don't remove them. If I remember correctly one of your reasons for having them was so we don't have to expose our email addy to the world...a good thing.
Also they are indeed quite handy ..I've currently got three unread and unanswered PMs I sent but I can live with that.
The folks ought to enable that email notification feature.
JC,
Just my $0.02 worth, but I for one like the message center and hope it will not come to a decision to turn off the feature. I like the ability to send a direct message to an individual without having to broadcast it on the bb.
JC,
Add my vote for keeping the pm message board up and running. It is so nice to just click on the members profile and then click on send pm and leave a message for the member and having the option where when you log in a pop down window comes down and tells you that you have a pm is even nicer. Everyone just needs to try it one time and they will see how great this feature is. Please do not remove it.
Thanks,
I too like the PM feature. If some people don't want to use it, than they don't have to. Please do not get rid of it.
Warm Water
Count me among the deciples who like the message center. I use it in lieu of giving out my e-mail addy, and find it convenient as I check the site at least twice each day. When I log in the pop-up window lets me know I have a message, and I really like that. Just my 2 cents.
Joe
I think the Message Center is great. If someone asks to email, I use that. Otherwise, a PM usually gets through. It's a great feature for those that do not wish to post their email and have it in view of the world.
i like the PM feature, it was one aspect the old board was lacking.
You may want to set the default options to pop-up a notification when a new PM arrives, that way people would see them then have the option of turning the pop-uf off in their profile rather than vice-versa. If i remember correctly I had to turn on both the pop-up and email notification in my profile. Probably many folks just register and post away rather than going through all the profile options.
:cry: Please J,C. don't turn off the buletin board private message feature. It is great and maintains email privacy :idea:
Since you now know about the message center, Mr. Beatty... message sent! :D
Recently with our anual December sale going on I had an order by normal E-mail from a customer. I selected the products and sent him an E-mail. It bounced, not only once but twice. I phoned him and told him I would PM him. Re responded by E-mail, I conducted the rest of the order from me to him by PM!! He back to me by E-mail.
If anyone ever has a problem getting an e-mail through to me I really like the option of having the PM.
Of course my vote would be "Keep It"
I have the options set so I do get "You have PM" which appears on my e-mail. Got to Love it!
Denny :D
I'm with the Bassman. Took me awhile to find and use. However, it really doesn't make a lot of difference. I don't mind my e-mail showing, either, although I was frustrated in wanting to ask someone a question and not having access to their e-mail. That's how I discovered the PM feature. JGW