Private Messages (PM's)

User Guide

Forums.Group forums allows its users to communicate privately by using Private Messages. To visit the private messages section, you either can click on the Private messages link on the top right-hand side below the forum header, or you can directly access it through the User Control Panel.

The Inbox is the default incoming folder, which contains a list of your recently received Private Messages.

There are several ways of being notified of the arrival of a new Private Message:

An entry will appear in the notifications menu and a number appears next to Private messages

An email is sent to the recipient informing of the incoming message:

From: testforum@forums.group <testforum@forums.group>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 1:47 PM

To: Test Account

Subject: New private message has arrived

Hello Test Account,

You have received a new private message from "Peter Walker" to your account
on "Test Forum" with the following subject:

Test Message for training page

You can view your new message by clicking on the following link:

https://testforum.forums.group/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&p=4

You have requested that you be notified on this event, remember that you

can always choose not to be notified of new messages by changing the

appropriate setting in your profile.

This message was sent from the Test Forum.

https://testforum.forums.group

You can also receive PM's in the TapaTalk App

You can set the options to your liking in the Board Preferences section.

You can choose to not receive Private Messages by other users in your Preferences. Note, that moderators and administrators will still be able send you Private Messages, even if you have disabled them.