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Title: Private Messages
Post by: Jack.Straw on April 09, 2010, 09:36:17 AM

Hello.  I received a private message but am unable to respond to it.  I'm also unable to create a new private message to that user to provide a response.  Can you tell me what i need to do to be able to send a reply?

Thanks,
-Scott

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Matias Ekstrand on April 09, 2010, 12:23:40 PM

Do any of the following:

• Click reply in the message you received
• Go to his/her forum profile and click on "Send this member a personal message."
• Click on New message (http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send) and fill in the user name.

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Jack.Straw on April 09, 2010, 12:28:09 PM

Those options JUST became available to me.  There were not there before.  Clicking "new message" told me i was not allowed to send messages...  now it doesn't.  What gives?

Thanks for your reply,
-Scott

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Yggdrasil on April 09, 2010, 02:38:05 PM

New members (with fewer than a couple of posts) are prohibited from sending private messages.  We had to implement this policy after members began receiving spam messages with pornographic images in them (see http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=14554.0).

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Jack.Straw on April 09, 2010, 02:47:16 PM

Ahhhh, got it... thanks!

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Mitch on April 11, 2010, 08:48:13 PM

All you need is greater than 1 post on the forum to send messages. It is rarely an issue but comes up from time to time.

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: NobelNick on August 18, 2010, 06:39:38 AM

Yep, I have had problems with this but I'm hoping that this question might solve it just by posting!

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: NobelNick on August 19, 2010, 05:39:55 AM

Its still not working, but perhaps a third post will sort it out.

Thanks,

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Ari Ben Canaan on November 28, 2010, 09:08:27 AM

So in short I'd have to wait till my post count reaches what exactly ?

Does this forum support LaTex ?

Title: Re: Private Messages
Post by: Mitch on November 28, 2010, 04:54:17 PM

Quote from: Ari Ben Canaan on November 28, 2010, 09:08:27 AM

So in short I'd have to wait till my post count reaches what exactly ?

Does this forum support LaTex ?

Yes. Click my signature.