IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING PMs!

[Fyron]

"Private Messages" existed for much of the latter decade of the 20th century.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

...So less than 10%?

[Azselendor]

Oh, you are all very very wrong.

Private Messages have existed for as long as there has been children passing private messages in class. This of course was always accompanied by the Department of Homeland Security - formerly known as Teachers - whom would intercept and read them randomly and to your embarrassment.

[Fyron]

Didn't say they didn't exist before the 90s! They were just horribly inefficient, dependent upon the sneakernet.

[AngleWyrm]

Give the users an option to have their oldest PMs drop off the bottom of the list. Then a new PM replaces the oldest PM, once they have 100.

It removes the need for maintenance labor from users (which is virtually guaranteed not to happen 100% of the time). And it could be set as a default for new accounts to minimize the problem.

Two options like so:
+ Replace oldest PM when inbox is full (100 PMs)
+ Refuse delivery when inbox is full (100 PMs)

Some users would prefer to maintain their own, though, so it's probably good to allow personal control of trashing for those who want to.

[Xrati]

How many times can you read a PM? For goodness sake, copy the thing to a txt file and save it on your own computer if you want to keep it for prosperity's sake!!! All PM's should be dropped when a certain amount is given (say 100 PM's) and new ones come in. The oldest is deleted and all new ones take their place. It's a simple concept, "Move it, OR lose it"

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

[Azselendor]

how about get rid of it completely and just have a form that would directly email users and get it off the server completely.