Post by Lesa on Jun 24, 2004 11:22:15 GMT -6
To check your messages...
You should always know when you have a new message without having to go into your inbox, whether you've opted to receive PM notifications in your email, as a popup (see below for setting your preferences), or neither.
When you are logged into your Whoosh! ProBoard account, you will see this message at the top of the forum:
Hey, Your Username, you have __ messages, __ are new.
Simply click on the "__ messages" link to read your messages.
To send an instant message...
- Click on the member's name, then click on the "Send Personal Message" link at the top right of their profile. This method will automatically fill in the "to" field with the receiver's login ID.
- The other method is to click on the link in "Hey, (your username), you have ## messages, ## are new." at the top of the forum, then click on the (new message) icon in your list of icons at the top.
Where it says "To username:", you must enter their Login ID, not their display name (sometimes they will be the same, but not always). If you don't know the difference between a login ID and a user's display name, click here.
Notice that the subject must come before the person you are sending it to. This is the exact opposite from most email and PM services I've used, so I thought I'd mention it here. If you send an instant message and then think you may have done it backwards, click your browser's back button or check your outbox . - You may send a message to multiple recipients. To do this, simply separate the login ID's with commas... user1, user2, user3
Your outbox...
To view and/or delete messages you've sent, go to your outbox . The rest should self-explanatory, but if it's not, feel free to ask here.
Preferences...
To set your instant message preferences, click on the preferences icon.
- To ignore all PM's, just enter an asterisk (*) and click on [Save Preferences].
- To ignore individual people, enter their login ID's, one ID per line, and click on [Save Preferences].
If you are on someone's ignore list, you will not get an error message to let you know this, unfortunately, so if you decide to add anyone to your ignore list or ignore PM's completely, I hope you will let the appropriate people know (of course, the decision to alert people is up to you).
Note: If you feel the need to ignore anyone because they are sending you harrassing PM's, please let me know so I can deal with them appropriately. - To receive email notifications of your instant messages, or to have a popup alert you when you have a new PM, simply set that option on your PM preferences page.
Deleting messages...
- To delete specific messages, check the checkboxes next to the ones you want to delete, then click the [ Delete Selected Messages ] button at the bottom of the page, not the icon at the top.
- To delete ALL messages, click on the 'delete all' icon .
Mark as read...
If you want to mark all of your messages as having been read, then click the "mark as read" () icon. I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this, but the option is there nonetheless.
How to know what has been read, replied to, etc...
The following applies to messages you have both sent (outbox) and received (inbox).
New, unread messages will have the closed envelope.
Messages that you (or in your outbox, the person you sent to) have read, but not responded to, will have the open envelope with the paper sticking out.
Messages that you (or in your outbox, the person you sent to) have replied to will have a similar icon to the "read" icon, but with an arrow on it.