Forum's PM System

deccan · #1 September 19th, 2004, 09:21 AM

Is it just me or is the forum's PM system screwy? Occasionally I get the flashing icon indicating a received message, but when I go into the Received Messages area I see no new Messages. When I click "My Home", I can see, say, 11 Messages, 1 unread, but when I click Received Messages, I see no new Messages.

deccan · #2 September 19th, 2004, 09:25 AM

Okay, it works now. Apparently, you need to wait for a while before the new message actually arrives even though you can get the new message notification.

Arryn · #3 September 19th, 2004, 09:26 AM

The new (and screwy) system will not always sort the latest PM at the top (or bottom) of the collection of threaded mails. What I've noticed is that it sorts the Messages latest at the top down to oldest at the bottom, but for multiple Messages on the same day, it sub-sorts those in chronolical order top-down from oldest to newest (that is, in reverse of the primary sort). IOW, the primary sort (based on day/date) is newest-first, and the secondary sort (based on time of day) is oldest-first. Very confusing, and hard to read.

Alneyan · #4 September 19th, 2004, 09:29 AM

I second that Arryn. I didn't quite get what was going on with the new PMs (it looked like it was sorted by username to me, but I didn't bother too much about figuring it out), but that certainly makes it harder to read a PM when there has been several replies.

deccan · #5 September 19th, 2004, 09:39 AM

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Arryn said:
The new (and screwy) system will not always sort the latest PM at the top (or bottom) of the collection of threaded mails.

That too, but that wasn't my problem. I definitely received a new message notification but there was definitely no message. I looked through every one. At first I thought my browser might be showing me a Cached page or something, so I hit refresh a few times. After a bit of waiting, I went back to the Received Messages screen, and there was the new message.

Gandalf Parker · #6 September 19th, 2004, 10:44 AM

Ive noticed that I have to actualy refresh the page after reading the PM's so that the blinking indicator goes away. Otherwise, when I return to the forums the indicator is still flashing. Then I return to Messages, no new ones, I refresh the page with no new PM's and the flasher goes away.

Also, Ive wondered. Does anyone else miss the "text included" notifications we used to get? I understand the thinking. Its moving into the "dont transmit plain text" mode of thinking. But I wish it was an option. I get a large variety of PMs. Some are just FYI notifications from the system even though they come from a user. My alert system for important PMs kindof breaks down if I cant see at least a topping (first few lines) of the message. Not to mention that I was using my email box to store them so I could delete them at the forum. Now I have to cut&paste mail them to myself or come up with another note system (cut&paste notepad or something)

Alneyan · #7 September 19th, 2004, 10:54 AM

I do not receive many PMs, but I miss this option indeed. I am also lazy, and would rather have the PMs delivered directly into my mailbox.

archaeolept · #8 September 19th, 2004, 03:13 PM

as well, the "I want to receive a read receipt" now seems to be broken.

Arryn · #9 September 19th, 2004, 06:08 PM

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archaeolept said:
as well, the "I want to receive a read receipt" now seems to be broken.

Indeed it does appear to be borked.

Arryn · #10 September 19th, 2004, 06:14 PM

Another pet peeve I have is that the system does not have a "Quote" option as do the normal forums. (This was also true before the upgrade.) It's tedious to have to manually cut and paste for each PM.