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mongillomusic
Location: Newcastle Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2015 Posts: 93
Real Name: Chris
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Can anyone help me? I keep trying to reply to questions about items I'm selling, but all of the (5 messages) are stuck in outbox purgatory. Any ideas what the issue is? Yes, my computer is plugged in...
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:39 am |
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mislabeled
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Location: N-Sno Joined: Thu Oct 3, 2013 Posts: 4015
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They remain in the Outbox until the recipient opens them. They might actually read them if they're set up to receive new message notifications by e-mail, but the messages will still show up in your Outbox until they're marked as read through the forum software.
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:42 am |
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cmica
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Location: I-5 /512 Joined: Thu Dec 8, 2011 Posts: 15212
Real Name: chris
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viewforum.php?f=5PM PROBLEM..........................................
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:34 pm |
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21151
Real Name: Vick Lagina
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mislabeled wrote: They remain in the Outbox until the recipient opens them. They might actually read them if they're set up to receive new message notifications by e-mail, but the messages will still show up in your Outbox until they're marked as read through the forum software. yup. I've been trying to discipline myself to ipen and purge them from the inbox tho, and sending at least an acknowledgment of receipt.
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:56 pm |
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mongillomusic
Location: Newcastle Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2015 Posts: 93
Real Name: Chris
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Ah, thanks for the responses! So, it sounds like the take away message is that if I see messages in my outbox, the recipients haven't read it yet. Please correct me if I interpreted that wrong. If I'm correct, then some people who shall remain nameless need to open my messages...I've got guns to buy and sell! Come on people!
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:54 pm |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12419
Real Name: Steve
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mongillomusic wrote: Ah, thanks for the responses! So, it sounds like the take away message is that if I see messages in my outbox, the recipients haven't read it yet. Please correct me if I interpreted that wrong. If I'm correct, then some people who shall remain nameless need to open my messages...I've got guns to buy and sell! Come on people! That's correct ... Remember...we ll lead different lives, so, not everyone is on here as frequently as you might be. Some travel for work, some work long hours, etc., ... Sometimes, a buyer is looking at 4 or 5 things, so while you're focusing on your items for sale intently, they're just sending out feelers,r requests for more info... Lastly, you can always click on their profile, and usually see when they last logged on...not everyone has thir PMs tied to their email, so they may not even know yet that there's a response... There are folks on here from 17 to 85, and everyone handles PMs & the Internet differently... There's even a guy that lives way up in Index, Wa, that has to wait for the Pony Express.... Patience, is a virtue....
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Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:09 pm |
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Mikeyis009
Location: Woodinville Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2018 Posts: 86
Real Name: Michael
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Can't the site just force every user to have every pm sent to email? Seems like a simple fix. Wouldn't this solve the issue for most?
Not everyone is tech savvy to even know it's an option. IE. The number of posters that can't figure out how to post a pic of their item for sale.
I hear ya that patience is a virtue but when I'm available to meet up is when I send a pm. When I have cash in hand and time to drive is when I pm.
A reply days later is bad for both sellers and buyers.
I’ve seen multiple posts where people are asking if an item is even still for sale because the poster hasn’t logged back on in days or weeks. Can’t we just prompt everyone with automatic email when you have a new pm?
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BadKarma
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Location: Duvall Joined: Tue Sep 13, 2011 Posts: 8657
Real Name: Jaime
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I get one but unless I look at it on the forum, it will remain stuck in the outbox.
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:13 am |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38293
Real Name: Dan
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Mikeyis009 wrote: Can't the site just force every user to have every pm sent to email? Seems like a simple fix. Wouldn't this solve the issue for most?
Not everyone is tech savvy to even know it's an option. IE. The number of posters that can't figure out how to post a pic of their item for sale.
I hear ya that patience is a virtue but when I'm available to meet up is when I send a pm. When I have cash in hand and time to drive is when I pm.
A reply days later is bad for both sellers and buyers.
I’ve seen multiple posts where people are asking if an item is even still for sale because the poster hasn’t logged back on in days or weeks. Can’t we just prompt everyone with automatic email when you have a new pm? All PMs are sent via email notification. But that doesn’t mean it removes it from the site as well. All it is, is a notification that you have a PM. We include the message of the PM as a bonus, so the recipient can choose if they want to log on and respond or not. Even though the PM email says, many times, DO NOT REPLY to the email, they still do.
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zombie66
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Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6301
Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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I dont open my PMs just to annoy people....
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:44 am |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12419
Real Name: Steve
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Mikeyis009 wrote: Can't the site just force every user to have every pm sent to email?
But you will still have people that don't always check their email as frequently as you'd like. Working a lot of OT, retired, out of town on business, or simply just forgot because life got busy. The frustration is understandable, but the solutions aren't as obvious as they seem...
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usrifle
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Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20754
Real Name: John
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In this instant communication World we live in, some people expect an instant response anytime they ask a question or send some sort of message. People have lives and No, i don't want an e-mail communication for every PM received. I get enough spam from Steve, i don't need anymore.
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 51919
Real Name: Steve
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Mikeyis009 wrote: Can't the site just force every user to have every pm sent to email? The forum software doesn’t have the ability to disable that option for users.
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