Did the personal message notification system ever get fixed?

[Monty]

I'm guessing it was disabled during one of the upgrades, but the people I've PM'ed weren't aware they had messages waiting.

Edited January 22, 2012 by Monty

[The Creative Explorer]

Aer you sure they just don't ignore you?

[imatt88]

No. its happened to me too, but not for a while...

[imatt88]

I stand corrected, it just happened to me. I got a message with no notification

[Harry P.]

There's nothing wrong with the PM system. You may have your preferences set wrong, though.

On your "My Settings" page, click on "Notification Options" om the left side list. Scroll down to near the bottom and you'll see "Private Messages" with a checkbox that says "Show inline pop-up when I have new personal messages (latest will be shown)" (along with options to be sent an email whenever you get a PM and a few other options).

If you click that check box, you'll get an on-screen pop-up of any new PM every time you log onto the forum. If you don't have that checkbox clicked, you would have to manually go and check for new PMs, and if you never bother to manually check for new PMs, obviously you'll never see any new PMs.

There's nothing wrong with the forum... you just have to make sure you have your preferences set up correctly.

[Monty]

  On 1/22/2012 at 3:45 PM, The Creative Explorer said:

Aer you sure they just don't ignore you?

Wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last

[Monty]

Harry, the notification system used to send a message to my email address whenever I received a PM from another member. It did this flawlessly for years until recently, which is what prompted this thread. I'd never messed with the settings before, but I've gone ahead and clicked on the box you mentioned. I've got something to post later that should give it a good test.

Thanks!