Private Messaging (Telemark Talk)

[Jurassien]

I'm confused about how the forum's Private Messaging functions.

Recently I have received and responded to a number of PMs. In some cases the response has gone straight off, by clicking on "Submit". In other cases I could see the response I had written, together with a time-stamp corresponding to the "Submit" time, but the message showed in the "Outbox" folder, instead of in the "Sent Messages" folder. I had one message which sat in the Outbox folder for about a day before showing in the Sent Messages, and another one (a response) which, according to the time-stamp, was sent two days ago but is still in the Outbox folder (and not in Sent Messages).

Does the presence of a message in the Outbox folder indicate that the recipient simply hasn't read it yet, or is there something else the sender needs to do to get the message to move? Why is there a discrepancy between the "Sent" time-stamp and the time the message shows up in the Sent Messages folder?

[connyro]

pms don't show up in the sent messaged folder until the recipient actually reads them. Until then, they stay in the outbox.

[Jurassien]

pms don't show up in the sent messaged folder until the recipient actually reads them. Until then, they stay in the outbox.

Thanks for the answer. That explains it.