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can't receive messages
« on: December 24, 2015, 02:29:46 PM »
someone tried to send me a pm, and whenever i check my inbox there is nothing there. do i need to activate something before i can get pm's?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2015, 05:39:47 PM »
if your screenname is different from the original name you signed up with it wont work.



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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2015, 08:15:07 PM »
That's not true.  Mine is different, and I receive them all the time. 

But I did send cincy two pms.
I'm posting from my blackberry wtf?!?!?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2015, 04:59:51 PM »
I sent you a test PM. Can you see it?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2015, 07:22:36 PM »
I'm not getting messages either

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2016, 12:02:23 PM »
Switched some stuff around. Did you get my PM, straight?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2016, 01:10:39 PM »
Got it thanks

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2016, 06:01:38 AM »
can you test mine too?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2016, 06:04:25 PM »
Just sent you one.

Also, to make things clear, PM problems primarily arise when your username and display name don't match. Say somebody signs up under the username "Jeff," but with the display name "Crap Muncherson." Meanwhile, somebody else signs up with the username (which is unique to you) "Steve," but Steve posts under the display name (which is not necessarily unique to you) "Jeff." If I try to send a PM to Jeff, Crap Muncherson gets it. Two usernames are a stupid design flaw for this reason, among others. To remedy this, I change Jeff's display name to a unique name of his choice, or if the other poster isn't active and never made a post, just delete theirs so Jeff can receive PMs freely.

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2016, 11:31:16 AM »
Just sent you one.

Also, to make things clear, PM problems primarily arise when your username and display name don't match. Say somebody signs up under the username "Jeff," but with the display name "Crap Muncherson." Meanwhile, somebody else signs up with the username (which is unique to you) "Steve," but Steve posts under the display name (which is not necessarily unique to you) "Jeff." If I try to send a PM to Jeff, Crap Muncherson gets it. Two usernames are a stupid design flaw for this reason, among others. To remedy this, I change Jeff's display name to a unique name of his choice, or if the other poster isn't active and never made a post, just delete theirs so Jeff can receive PMs freely.


still didn't get it.  :(
i checked under my account related settings and my UN and DN are both the same. maybe there is someone who had my UN before i signed up?

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2016, 04:59:52 PM »
I think I fixed it this time. I searched "JB" and didn't see another one, but I didn't realize there was a second page of potential "JBs" in my search results. Sent you another test PM.

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Re: can't receive messages
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2016, 05:27:40 PM »
Works now. Thanks man!