13-08-2005 23:13									#1
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I'm sure this has been posted before, but I'd like to bring it up again.

2 things about PM boxes.

1 - can we possibly have larger PM boxes for PLUS! people? I realize 99% of people don't need them ... but Forum Game GMs prefer to save the PMs from FGs until at least a few rounds down (to be able to correct errors in data entry etc.), and i'm sure there are a few others who could use the space for some VALID reason. An extra 100 PMs to all plus people wouldn't be a significant strain on resources, I'd think ...

2 - regardless of the above, it would be nice to have a meter on the top of your PM box somewhere indicating HOW full your PM box is. When you are like me and have usually 80-90 PMs, it's nice to know when you need to delete things instead of finding out when someone tries to PM you ...

	13-08-2005 23:20									#2
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Both good ideas. It doesn't happen often, but when the inbox is full you probably wont notice unless some one else bothers to tell you.

	13-08-2005 23:28									#3
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It's possible to download PMs, so you can store them on your hard disk.

	13-08-2005 23:37									#4
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I support bigger PM boxes for PLUS members.

	13-08-2005 23:49									#5
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quote: Originally posted by snoopy369 1 - can we possibly have larger PM boxes for PLUS! people? I realize 99% of people don't need them ... but Forum Game GMs prefer to save the PMs from FGs until at least a few rounds down (to be able to correct errors in data entry etc.), and i'm sure there are a few others who could use the space for some VALID reason. An extra 100 PMs to all plus people wouldn't be a significant strain on resources, I'd think ...

300 PMs not enough?
we'll think about it

quote: 2 - regardless of the above, it would be nice to have a meter on the top of your PM box somewhere indicating HOW full your PM box is. When you are like me and have usually 80-90 PMs, it's nice to know when you need to delete things instead of finding out when someone tries to PM you ...

on mouse over on the pm indicator (the link next to "my threads")

	14-08-2005 00:42									#6
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG on mouse over on the pm indicator (the link next to "my threads")

That doesn't work if you aren't PLUS member I think. I always see "pm (-/-)" there(I'm not a PLUS member). ATM I have 108 PMs, which is surprising, as I thought the limit was 100.

	14-08-2005 00:50									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai That doesn't work if you aren't PLUS member I think.

snnopy is though, that's why i said it

quote: ATM I have 108 PMs, which is surprising, as I thought the limit was 100.

you have 150

	14-08-2005 00:59									#8
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how about actually cleaning out your PM boxes.

	14-08-2005 02:02									#9
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG you have 150

It says 108 on the front page of the forums.

	14-08-2005 02:08									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai It says 108 on the front page of the forums.

He means that you (and all the other nonPLUS folks) have space for 150 PMs.

	14-08-2005 04:16									#12
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Why not send a (auto-generated) mail when PM box is full?

	14-08-2005 04:34									#13
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Good idea.

	14-08-2005 06:01									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Dis how about actually cleaning out your PM boxes.

He covered that in the opening post. GMs need to keep multiple PMs for several rounds to ensure data integrity.

	14-08-2005 13:20									#15
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quote: Originally posted by alva Why not send a (auto-generated) mail when PM box is full?

Correct if I am wrong, but doesn't that feature already exist?

	14-08-2005 14:34									#16
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quote: Originally posted by snoopy369 I'm sure this has been posted before, but I'd like to bring it up again. 2 things about PM boxes. 1 - can we possibly have larger PM boxes for PLUS! people? I realize 99% of people don't need them ... but Forum Game GMs prefer to save the PMs from FGs until at least a few rounds down (to be able to correct errors in data entry etc.), and i'm sure there are a few others who could use the space for some VALID reason. An extra 100 PMs to all plus people wouldn't be a significant strain on resources, I'd think ... 2 - regardless of the above, it would be nice to have a meter on the top of your PM box somewhere indicating HOW full your PM box is. When you are like me and have usually 80-90 PMs, it's nice to know when you need to delete things instead of finding out when someone tries to PM you ...

Thought Mark already did the latter, and PLUS members already have extra PM space. I guess you mean you want even more.

	24-08-2005 13:03									#17
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Hmm, forgot about this thread ...

Thanks MarkG - I never noticed the ability to mouseover-see the amount of PMs i have. That will do.

300 is more than I thought I had - maybe i have some old old ones I haven't checked ...

	24-08-2005 19:29									#18
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The pm indicator didn't work before as it didn't correctly take into account both messages in your inbox and in your sent box (mine shows 48% full, but i have 248 total messages or almost 75%...time to clean it out ).

I suscribed basically for the benifit of a larger PM box, and like snoopy, still run into the problem of running out of room. As long as I remember to clean it out (as Maniac suggests, I download the PMs and save them just in case) after a forum game ends it is not nearly as big a problem as it was however.

And Illumatus, I beleive you are incorrect, the email message is only generated when someone tries to send you a PM to your full inbox. If it stays full for a week with no one trying to send you a message, you wouldn't know until they did.

* Sparrowhawk

	24-08-2005 22:13									#19
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Hmm, that makes more sense. Mine is 43.33% full according to the indicator, but I highly doubt it's actually that empty ...