I't's been there a while. But I think it's kinda strange you can PM with yourself.

It is espacially strange with the welcome PM's. People get a PM with "welcome", they reply with thanks, and that reply is lost in space. No warning whatsoever.



Executing that query showed me actual users who replied on their welcome PM, only to have their reply lost in space.

A scenario where a user PM's someone, deletes it to keep his box clean, and any reply would also go lost in space.

My suggestion would be in case of a reply to a specific user in a private topic, to make sure the intended recepiant gets is.

It's actually a 'feature' that i ran into the other day. you can actually PM yourself, if you want.

I was going to PM Rick and thought that i did, but what really happened is i created my own PT with ME only..

I had forgotten to select Rick as a recipient. I was first thinking bug!!!

but i'd call this a feature, since the PM isn't really lost in space.. mayge the welcome PM could say 'Do not reply' or the like.. but it's a legit message.

okay, it's not lost in space. It's like talking to yourself in the mirror

Anyway, if you think something happens (reply on pm, the sender will get the reply) and that doesn't happen, it's a bug in my book of worldy knowledge

I brought it to Rick before (we're talking pre 7.0final), it is indeed a feature ;)... I actually use it a lot for note keeping (and I do take and make a lot of notes at every community I belong to, as I generally am the guy in charge of customizations/modifications/styling); one of my favorite undocumented features hehe

{taxi cab -- robert deniro mode on}
you talkin to me?
{/end}

you have a point and it is a bit baffling at first (not the welcome message). but there is also that PM participants line, where the language file for 'none' could be changed to "yes, i'm talking to me now" or whatever to at least relieve some ambiguities..

:2c:

No warning? If the user can read, here's the default welcome message:



So, it does give them a bit of a warning and tells them it's just an automated welcome message

The reason the welcome message is just the user and doesn't involve the admin as well, is fairly simple. Say you have a big site and you get 20 new users a day. You'd have to delete all of those welcome messages every day, day after day as they'd be in your PM box as well.

As far as sending one and not adding any other users. It's intended and will have a future use. As Gizmo said, it's useful for keeping notes or reminding yourself of something, which I do quite a bit. As for it's future use, that will be how PM drafts will work. You can save an unfinished PM as a draft, and then add other users to it later.

love the idea of PM drafts !! ty Rick

It says please don't, it does not say can not.

AS a user, I would expect hitting the reply button on message from person X, that the reply would end up with person X.

The welcome message is just an example. A user that sends a PM, deletes it to keep his box clear (there's a PM limit, so they keep things as tidy as possible, with the current system you would have to save every PM you might expect an answer to).



Well, all in all, with the current system, it's confusing for users. Atleast there should be a warning, and then maybe an option to start a new private topic.

Why not edit the wordlet to say something like:


Then, they have to see it... unelss they're colour blind...

i think a pic of a hot chick would do the trick instead.. they would more than likely, stand to attention and read it