ive been trying to send PMs and it says that they are disabled or if i attempt to post in old PMs it says its reached it maximum length. whats going on here?
There is no problem that we know about
This is how it works:
To send or receive PM's, or to participate in private topics, members need to have 25 posts... but they also need to have posted recently... if a member has 1000 posts and has not posted since the changes have been made... that member will not be able to PM, send or receive, till he makes a post...
This is new
To make this change we had to set all users to "No private messages" and the only way to get out of there is to make one post above post 24...
Even if you have 300 posts you will have to make a post so our system knows you are still around and changes your settings...
Also note that members can have a maximum number of PM's and when that quota is reached they can not send or receive PM's till they clean up their PM box a bit...
We are sort of suspicious of people that PM and do not post... please help by letting me know if anyone is sending you unsolicited PM's with offers or recommendations of any kind... specially if they ask you to keep it secret...
We feel it is best if all info, except for private info, is posted for all to see and comment... better and safer for all if everything is out in hte open and everybody can comment...
Crooks love secrets and keeping people in the dark... we like info out there in the open for all to see, comment, and benefit...
And we ask all users to report any unsolicitied PM if it includes a recommendation of any kind...
IMPORTANT: It is quite obvious that making silly worthless posts to gain permissions is not allowed... and any poster making silly posts just to ad to their post count will simply be deleted or banned just as soon as we notice