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Maris
Member
03-27-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 1:45 pm
So Neil has the ability to view all private messages? Thanks.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:05 pm
Maris, NO! Neil would be the only person able to read any replies sent to a PM because the PM is sent FROM the account he has access to. As far as I know, he does not have the ability to read the messages when they are sent out. Hope that's more clear.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:08 pm
Daydreamer, and everyone. The private message 'feature' is simply a way to send an e-mail to another member through their profile, regardless of whether their e-mail is visible or not. (If the member has their e-mail displayed in their profile, you should just send the e-mail directly yourself anyway, btw). The e-mail is generated by the board and sent with a reply address of tvch@enbcom.com (the same as e-mailing the admin of the board through the links to report problems, etc.). In order to know if you have been sent a 'Private Message' you would need to check your e-mail address which is listed on your membership here. There is no notification on the board. Hope that helps.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:12 pm
Ok thanks. Now I understand. Sorry if I appeared dense but I am a stickler about privacy.
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Gina8642
Member
01-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:14 pm
Ok here goes my first 'new board post'. I really, really, really appreciate all the hard work put in on making this board so wonderful - but (there's always a 'but') is anyone else finding the blinking eye on the home page disturbing? I'm going to have to change my home page. Eeek!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:16 pm
Let's see if I get this - Because the original private message email is sent from tvch@enbcom.com, it will not be visible to Admin. However, if an email is sent back directly (as in using the "reply" function on the email you received as a private message), it will be visible to Admin. If, however, you go to the profile of the person who sent you a private message and send them a private message directly from their profile, it will once again be invisible to Admin. If I remember correctly, on the private message email itself, it even provides a link into the profile of the person who sent the original private message, so you can go directly to their profile and send a private message. Is that correct?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 2:17 pm
Gina, Colossus uses that blinking eye to force me to change my messenger picture when I have the "Saddam Hussein Say AAAAHHHHH" picture up. It creeps me out.
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Zules
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:01 pm
Sorry if this has already been asked and answered. I didn't have time to read all these but.... How do I get to the Member's Folders now? Wasn't there a link at the top before?
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:04 pm
I've found that if you use the SEARCH function, instead of the "check new messages" link, you will get only your favs, and it goes directly to the next message after the last one you read. I like that you can now search for a certain post, at a certain time, instead of one or the other. Meaning I could go in and ask what posts a certain person had done in the last 3 hours, and get them, instead of every post they ever made... yey! And I am having slow load ups here too.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:10 pm
Zules, at the top of the page if you pass your cursor over Topics a drop down menu appears, go down to General Forums and then you have a choice of Members or as MGA suggests, you could go that route, or you could bookmark, or... I'm still playing with the different areas... PS> I see no eyeballs here!! 
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Zules
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:17 pm
Thanks Reader! To see the eyeball, click on the "home" link at the top and you'll be looking at it....and it'll be lookin' at you!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:24 pm
Oh you mean this - thanks Zules!!
Kinda reminds me of the Big Brother eyeball, a reminder of the start!!
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Lauram
Member
01-03-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:24 pm
OK next to the threads there is a yellow tab entitles NEW (my years of schooling lead me to believe there are new messages there) there is also a whistle being blown, a star, a tablet of paper and I don't know what else. For the life of me I can't figure out what these mean? Any ideas??
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:26 pm
well they mentioned the toilet paper was because, well the contents and all, humor!! For me it "flags" posts that are 'new', or perhaps hot topics, or something to pay attention to... I really appreciate those yellow tags in the members message folder area btw!!
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Lauram
Member
01-03-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:28 pm
yah I like them but is there a legend somewhere so we can see what they mean?
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Lauram
Member
01-03-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:30 pm
oh I see that TP means the thread "is a bunch of shit" -- very clever!!
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Zoo19
Member
06-03-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:42 pm
Just testing if I can post yet
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:47 pm
Goddessatlaw: You have the private message exactly correct. Any PM SENT by anyone is not visible to anyone except the receiver. (Technical explanation: the mail program requires a valid 'from' address in case there is an error in sending the e-mail, etc. so the board uses the tvch@enbcom.com for that purpose since it is the default e-mail for notifying Admin of any problems.) Any PM REPLY'd to (ie. you click on Reply in your e-mail while viewing the message, will be sent to tvch@enbcom.com where it would be viewed by Neil (Admin). The correct way to reply to a private message sent by someone from here is either: 1. Click the link to their profile and send them a Private Message. 2. Send them an e-mail to their address if it was included in the original private message.
Lauram: The 'New' icon is set to display for a certain amount of time from the last time you viewed that area of the board. The other icons such as the whistle, etc. are currently not defined for anything in particular. There may be a time when the moderators decide to use them for special purposes at which time it will be explained. I imagine they will come in handy during Big Brother, etc. to identify special threads. Hope this helps.
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Cassie
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:52 pm
Draheid: I cannot figure out the "new messages" button at all. I used to get new messages on the topics I had checked. On this new board I'm getting ALL topics even though I went into profile and chose only the topics I want. Is there a way to get new messages the same as we did on the old board. Also, why do we go to the top- of the file instead of the latest message not read? (I am NOT liking this board at all!)
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 4:06 pm
Cassie.. Try using the Search function I mentioned above. Click on date, and messages since I last checked for messages.

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Cassie
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:25 pm
Thanks Mygetaway! That works like a charm 
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:36 pm
What am I doing wrong with the links? I get the URL box, but I don't get "the type in name you want linked" box (or whatever it is) that I do on other sites, so I end up with the url showing twice. Am I missing a step somewhere?
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:15 pm
Lkunkel: The format for links should look like this: \newurl{http://www.thesite.com/thepage.html,Click Here} Be sure to put the http:// in first or the board tries to make it a page on the board. Be sure to separate the link from the description with a ,. Then enter your description for the link. Enter any text to describe the link before putting the link in to look like this: Click Here Hope that helps.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:21 pm
Dra: I was just surprised at first that I didn't get a description box pop-up similar to the URL box pop-up. I'm finding it just as easy, actually, to type it from scratch.
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Lumbele
Member
12-07-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 7:02 pm
Ok, I think I am figuring this new messages thing out (with Reiki's help). Refreshing the page doesn't do diddly, but if you go back to the search page it truly does "refresh". Thought I'd mention it in case anyone else ran into that problem.
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