| florida_guy |
I have had repeated problems with people trying to send me private messages and they get the message that my Inbox is full. I will go in and delete a few messages to make room but the next time they send a message they get the same message so I go in and delete more.
I just spent over a half an hour going through every message in my inbox and deleting what I didn't want to save and a few that I would have liked to save.
The longer I stay on this board the worse this problem will get.
Has anyone come up with a good way to archive those messages. The only idea I have is to cut and paste the text into another document and then add who it was from and when it was sent. This will be time consuming and tedious. I'm hoping one of you has discovered a better way. |
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| TheWorm |
| How many PM's u got? Max saved = 70. |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by TheWorm
How many PM's u got? Max saved = 70.
So it has nothing to do with size then? Just how many messages are saved? Is there an easy way to know how many you have or do you just have to count? And if it is purely by count then I'm puzzled why deleing about 5 messages this morning didn't solve the problem.
I understand the need to have some limitation on this. I would of course not mind having more room but I will eventually use up what ever the quota is. I need to find a good way of off loading them from the forum. |
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| TheWorm |
Dunno.
Dunno.
Dunno but I think you have to count 'em (couldn't figure out another way after clicking on whatever was clickable)
Dunno but did you check your SENT ITEMS folder if you are saving sent PMs they probably count against the 70.
Total guesses on all of those answers. No charge. :D |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by TheWorm
Dunno.
Dunno but did you check your SENT ITEMS folder if you are saving sent PMs they probably count against the 70.
Total guesses on all of those answers. No charge. :D
Thanks for cutting me such a deal. :D I assume that messages in your sent folder count against you and look there for stuff to delete first because I know what I said, its the info from the other folks that I want to keep.
The reason I'm researching this particular minor problem on this great forum is that I feel guilty when people go through the trouble of typing up a message for me and then can't send it presumably because of my lack of diligence in keeping enough space available. |
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| colorider |
quote:
Originally posted by florida_guy
Thanks for cutting me such a deal. :D I assume that messages in your sent folder count against you and look there for stuff to delete first because I know what I said, its the info from the other folks that I want to keep.
The reason I'm researching this particular minor problem on this great forum is that I feel guilty when people go through the trouble of typing up a message for me and then can't send it presumably because of my lack of diligence in keeping enough space available.
Perhaps you need some help counting???? :2: :2: :2: |
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| TheWorm |
florida_guy and I have determined that items in the SentItems folder count toward the max number of PMs (70).
So, if you're doing housekeeping (or ultimately need to) be sure and take a peek in there if you're saving Sent messages.
You can disable saving copies of everything you send via PM (in the SentItems folder) by disabling that option in your control panel. |
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| FLPilot |
| Sorry can't help you....no PM's in my box :( |
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| kemosabe |
Click here for some additional information in a thread from the vBulletin forum... :)
Once you're there, you can poke around and do some more research. :) |
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| Ziploc |
New question re Private Messaging, or maybe it's more of a comment:
Other than sending a "Test" message, I suppose there's no way to determine somebody's PM folder is full BEFORE you type up your message and try to send it. It would be nice if somehow your message could be saved so you can try to send it later, instead of retyping it. |
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| kemosabe |
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Originally posted by florida_guy
[ S N I P P E D ]
Is there an easy way to know how many you have or do you just have to count?
[ S N I P P E D ]
florida_guy: Instead of counting, when you log in to honda-pilot.org and click on the forums link, then scroll to the very bottom, you should see your total PM box message count: |
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| TheWorm |
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Originally posted by kemosabe
florida_guy: Instead of counting, when you log in to honda-pilot.org and click on the forums link, then scroll to the very bottom, you should see your total PM box message count:
A-ha! |
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| kemosabe |
quote:
Originally posted by TheWorm
A-ha!
What's my prize? :p |
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| TheWorm |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
What's my prize? :p
Moderator status for you! :D |
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| kemosabe |
quote:
Originally posted by Ziploc
New question re Private Messaging, or maybe it's more of a comment:
Other than sending a "Test" message, I suppose there's no way to determine somebody's PM folder is full BEFORE you type up your message and try to send it. It would be nice if somehow your message could be saved so you can try to send it later, instead of retyping it.
Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!! ;)
Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!! :4: |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
Click here for some additional information in a thread from the vBulletin forum... :)
Once you're there, you can poke around and do some more research. :)
Thanks for the link kemo. :) |
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| florida_guy |
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Originally posted by hondacuraworld
There is a vBulletin hack that we're doing to www.audiokarma.org that allows you to save your private messages directly to your hard drive. I run the same vB release as this site.
Details here:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/show...private+message
Thanks a ton! That's just the kind of thing I was looking for! I'll read how to do it and give a try as soon as I have time. |
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| Ziploc |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!! ;)
Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!! :4:
Thanks for the clarification/commiseration, Kemo! |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by Ziploc
New question re Private Messaging, or maybe it's more of a comment:
Other than sending a "Test" message, I suppose there's no way to determine somebody's PM folder is full BEFORE you type up your message and try to send it. It would be nice if somehow your message could be saved so you can try to send it later, instead of retyping it.
Click back in your browser. Then cut and paste the text to another file. |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
florida_guy: Instead of counting, when you log in to honda-pilot.org and click on the forums link, then scroll to the very bottom, you should see your total PM box message count:
Thanks kemo! I never get down there so I never noticed that. Now that I know the limit is 70 that will be very useful. |
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| florida_guy |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!! ;)
Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!! :4:
You can delete private messages before they are read so she could send the test one, delete it, then send the real one.
I think cut, paste, and save to another file is a better solution though. |
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