Hi,
I am not able to send a private message. There is no button to send a private message under the Private Messages tab. Is the section in the maintainance phase? Appreciate any help.
Thanks & Regards,
YogeshP
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Jump to PostIn the private message page, there should be three tabs: "Inbox", "Outbox", and "Send New PM". However, I think there is a lower limit of post counts required to be able to send PMs (it's an anti-spam measure, i.e., people coming in, making fake accounts, and sending tons of spam …
Jump to PostThe reason for the restriction is to keep bots from spamming people via PM. [edit]Sorry, Mike already said that.
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mike_2000_17
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In the private message page, there should be three tabs: "Inbox", "Outbox", and "Send New PM". However, I think there is a lower limit of post counts required to be able to send PMs (it's an anti-spam measure, i.e., people coming in, making fake accounts, and sending tons of spam through PMs). I think the limit is either 5 or 10 posts on threads.
Ancient Dragon
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The reason for the restriction is to keep bots from spamming people via PM. [edit]Sorry, Mike already said that.
Yogeshp
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thanks a lot for the info Mike and Ancient..able to send now..:)
goldentuna
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Thanks for the post... there wasn't any other info on how we could send PMs
Yogeshp
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pleasure goldentuna..!
rpcob
It should ask the spambot question until 5 is reached
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