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'Activity' - It ain't your Inbox -
  • 46HudsonPU46HudsonPU
    Posts: 5,148Moderator
    Forum Members -
    There has been a lot of members posting PMs within 'Activity' since classiccar.com rolled-out the new format, and it still occurrs very frequently.

    Please be aware that - -
    Anything anyone posts in 'Activity' is public, for all to view - even those that are not members of the classiccar.com forum can view (and scan) those posts in that area, and read everything that is posted there;
    - As far as I know, there are no notifications made to messages left there. That means that if you leave a message, it may not be 'read' by the intended party, as they will not receive any notice that a message is pending for them;

    When you go to your personal area (clicking on your 'forum handle') that open text window in that area is not your 'Inbox', it is the 'Activity' area.

    To send a PM:
    - 'Click' on the icon called 'Inbox';
    - Then look to the upper-right of the screen and click-on 'Start a Conversation';
    - Start typing the 'handle' of the member you want to send a PM to. It should begin to auto-populate, you can then pick from the list of names/handles that come up. You can send PMs to multiple people;

    It's pretty much self explainatory from there -

    Also - Once a PM session is started, it can be continued right from that area, without issue (i.e., you do not need to start a 'new' conversation, unless you want to...