Private Messages

[Budliner]

guess I had not seen this section

have you seen this in the list

sorry if I did not reply as soon as possible

but I think I will check this more often

 

K

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I check my PM's a couple of times an hour when I'm on the forum.

[jeffers_mz]

I'm sorry, it's too late now.

When I didn't hear from you I just went ahead and melted all that classic imported brass down and sold it for scrap.

Got a great price, considering it went by the metric ton.

 

 

;-)

[Railphotog]

I never check the private messages either, just did and there was one from August.  On another forum I participate it, a highlighted number shows up after the private message link, indicating you have one.

Thanks for the tip!

 

 

[Soo Line fan]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

Jim

[Railphotog]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

Jim

Could be how the message is sent; at the bottom of messages there are buttons for "E-mail" and "PM".  I have gotten messages that were sent as e-mails, they come as being from the Forum.

 

 

[CSX_road_slug]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

I'd hold off before doing that!

I might be totally mistaken, but I seem to remember that when I accidentally enabled that option after the July 2006 forum "upgrade", I started getting email messages every time somebody posted to a thread that I was participating in.  My mailbox filled up really fast, and I had a devil of a time turning it off. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

I'd hold off before doing that!

I might be totally mistaken, but I seem to remember that when I accidentally enabled that option after the July 2006 forum "upgrade", I started getting email messages every time somebody posted to a thread that I was participating in.  My mailbox filled up really fast, and I had a devil of a time turning it off. 

That's something different. What you're describing is email notification to post replies.

Email notification to PM's is just that. You get an email when there's a PM for you.

[CSX_road_slug]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

I'd hold off before doing that!

I might be totally mistaken, but I seem to remember that when I accidentally enabled that option after the July 2006 forum "upgrade", I started getting email messages every time somebody posted to a thread that I was participating in.  My mailbox filled up really fast, and I had a devil of a time turning it off. 

That's something different. What you're describing is email notification to post replies.

Email notification to PM's is just that. You get an email when there's a PM for you.

OOOPS, my bad!  Thanx Jeff for clearing that up... 

[loathar]

guess I had not seen this section

Guess you didn't read the topic I posted about this last week either.
Oh well...Your loss. I was trying to see if you wanted all those Akane steamers I was giving away...(gave em to Good Will already)

[howmus]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM. Maybe under the profile options you guys need to select "recieve emails"?

I'd hold off before doing that!

I might be totally mistaken, but I seem to remember that when I accidentally enabled that option after the July 2006 forum "upgrade", I started getting email messages every time somebody posted to a thread that I was participating in.  My mailbox filled up really fast, and I had a devil of a time turning it off. 

That's something different. What you're describing is email notification to post replies.

Email notification to PM's is just that. You get an email when there's a PM for you.

Jeff, and where exactly is that option?  I don't get e-mails notifying me to PMs even though I have e-mail turned on.  The only other button I see is turn on e-mail notification for every single thread you have ever posted to everytime another person posts there resulting in a hundred or so e-mails a day.....  This is all I see concerning e-mail on the Profile Options page:

Receive Emails:	Yes No
Receive rich (HTML) emails	Yes No
Enable Email Notifications of replies to your posts.	Yes No

 

I have e-mail turned on and Enable Email Notification of replies to your posts turned off.

 

[Soo Line fan]

 

I have e-mail turned on and Enable Email Notification of replies to your posts turned off.

 

Exactly what I meant.

Jim

[jeffrey-wimberly]

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Jeff, and where exactly is that option?  I don't get e-mails notifying me to PMs even though I have e-mail turned on.  The only other button I see is turn on e-mail notification for every single thread you have ever posted to everytime another person posts there resulting in a hundred or so e-mails a day.....  This is all I see concerning e-mail on the Profile Options page:

Receive Emails:	Yes No
Receive rich (HTML) emails	Yes No
Enable Email Notifications of replies to your posts.	Yes No

 

I have e-mail turned on and Enable Email Notification of replies to your posts turned off.

 

This is at the bottom of your profile page. What I have activated is in red.

Email Options (for forum only)

Receive Emails:	Yes No
Receive rich (HTML) emails	Yes No
Enable Email Notifications of replies to your posts.	Yes No

Having Recieve Emails turned on will have PM alerts sent to your email.

[howmus]

I have e-mail turned on and Enable Email Notification of replies to your posts turned off.

This is at the bottom of your profile page. What I have activated is in red.

Email Options (for forum only)

Receive Emails:	Yes No
Receive rich (HTML) emails	Yes No
Enable Email Notifications of replies to your posts.	Yes No

Having Recieve Emails turned on will have PM alerts sent to your email.

That is exactly what I have, and I do not recieve e-mail notification of PMs.  I do recieve e-mails from people through the site but not PMs.  And yes, I have PM turned on.

Edit: It actually could be an ISP related issue if Jeffrey does get the notifications and others don't.  In the Forum accross the street I had to open a Yahoo account to be a member as My ISP seems to think they are sending Spam and theirfore blocks the site. (OTOH, I get daily ads for ED meds and Insider information on stock options from someplace in Liberia and they don't bother to block that crap.......) 

[Budliner]

...(gave em to Good Will already)

 

LOL

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[Edit: It actually could be an ISP related issue if Jeffrey does get the notifications and others don't.  In the Forum accross the street I had to open a Yahoo account to be a member as My ISP seems to think they are sending Spam and theirfore blocks the site. (OTOH, I get daily ads for ED meds and Insider information on stock options from someplace in Liberia and they don't bother to block that crap.......) 

When I had my account here logged under my old email address I didn't get any PM notifications. After I changed it over to a Hotmail account I started getting the notifications.

[howmus]

When I had my account here logged under my old email address I didn't get any PM notifications. After I changed it over to a Hotmail account I started getting the notifications.

OK, that may very likely explain what is going on then.  Very probably RoadRunner is blocking the particular server that is used to send the e-mail notification of PMs.  For some reason, though, I can get e-mails (I think) from this site....?????? 

[pcarrell]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM.

Me too!

[Semper Vaporo]

When I had my account here logged under my old email address I didn't get any PM notifications. After I changed it over to a Hotmail account I started getting the notifications.

OK, that may very likely explain what is going on then.  Very probably RoadRunner is blocking the particular server that is used to send the e-mail notification of PMs.  For some reason, though, I can get e-mails (I think) from this site....?????? 

I just sent you a PM and an e-mail using the icons at the bottom of the message you posted.

See if you get notifications of them in your e-mail system.

 

[Budliner]

I never seen that PM tab in the message box

I guess the best place to hide somthing is right under your nose

 

K

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, it's too late now.

When I didn't hear from you I just went ahead and melted all that classic imported brass down and sold it for scrap.

Got a great price, considering it went by the metric ton.

;-)

 

Classic  

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I never seen that PM tab in the message box

I guess the best place to hide somthing is right under your nose

 

K

Didn't anybody ever tell you that the best place to hide something is right out in plain sight?

[CPRail modeler]

I have always gotten an email stating I have a PM.

Me too!