Archiving Your Private Messages

[kemosabe]

Originally posted by Ziploc
New question re Private Messaging, or maybe it's more of a comment:

Other than sending a "Test" message, I suppose there's no way to determine somebody's PM folder is full BEFORE you type up your message and try to send it. It would be nice if somehow your message could be saved so you can try to send it later, instead of retyping it.

Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!!

Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!!

[florida_guy]

Originally posted by kemosabe
Click here for some additional information in a thread from the vBulletin forum...

Once you're there, you can poke around and do some more research.

Thanks for the link kemo.

[florida_guy]

Originally posted by hondacuraworld
There is a vBulletin hack that we're doing to www.audiokarma.org that allows you to save your private messages directly to your hard drive. I run the same vB release as this site.

Details here:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...rivate+message

Thanks a ton! That's just the kind of thing I was looking for! I'll read how to do it and give a try as soon as I have time.

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by kemosabe


Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!!

Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!!

Thanks for the clarification/commiseration, Kemo!

[florida_guy]

Originally posted by Ziploc
New question re Private Messaging, or maybe it's more of a comment:

Other than sending a "Test" message, I suppose there's no way to determine somebody's PM folder is full BEFORE you type up your message and try to send it. It would be nice if somehow your message could be saved so you can try to send it later, instead of retyping it.

Click back in your browser. Then cut and paste the text to another file.

[florida_guy]

Originally posted by kemosabe


florida_guy: Instead of counting, when you log in to honda-pilot.org and click on the forums link, then scroll to the very bottom, you should see your total PM box message count:

Thanks kemo! I never get down there so I never noticed that. Now that I know the limit is 70 that will be very useful.

[florida_guy]

Originally posted by kemosabe


Ziploc: As the vBulletin software stands right now, there is no way to query the recipient's PM box to check for FULLNESS... Sending a Test message would work, but what if that recipient already had 69 total messages in his/her PM box? Then that Test message would've just taken up the last pigeon hole!!

Yes, it would be nice if vBulletin had a "Save in Drafts" folder -- kind of like many e-mail tools!!!

You can delete private messages before they are read so she could send the test one, delete it, then send the real one.

I think cut, paste, and save to another file is a better solution though.