Is it prossible to private message a member of this forum?

I am looking for help in designing a web site and wanted to private message a poster on this forum, but cannot figure out how. Is it prossible to private message a member of this forum?

Hello jmt,
In this context, I would like to specify clearly the way to write a private message, because you do not only have to look to the thread, you have to look for the poster. Simply in one of his threads.
Step one (I "used" you):
Click into the name and you will come to step two:
No you have to click into "Private Nachricht senden" (something like "Send your private message") and the menu from below opens (see screenshot):
Good luck!
Hans-Günter
P.S.
I selected the setting to get a message, when a private messages for me arrives.

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Hi there,
This is probably not the right place to post this, but I have a problem with the partner forums -
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I've had an ongoing support incident open in a thread there for nearly 2 months now. I got an email today to say I've got a private message from MS waiting there.
But when I go to view the thread I get an error page!
This is getting ridiculous now, it seems that many Microsoft pages and services are falling over. My support request is about a problem with the partner benefits website not working (its been broken for 2 months).
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Can someone please have a look as to why the
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Yes, its working for me as well. I'd try replying to this thread to see if someone in partner support will respond. Partner support doesn't normally monitor this forum.
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How can I send a private message to someone on this forum - a message to him/her not shown on the forum - like on other bulletin boards, usually via the webmaster?

I have to agree with Steve here.
I've never run across a tech forum where one could not send PMs to other members.
Sometimes one gets to working on a specific problem one has and it simplifies things, and helps not to encumber the board with long threads/posts that are, perhaps, not a problem that affects a lot of people.
It's not about email. I have my email hidden (least I hope so!). I give out my cable modem box's address only very selectively.
It's also nice to send a thank to someone who solved your.
I don't see why courtesy should be excluded from any Forum--whether the forum's raison d'etre is technical or social. The vast majority of fora are a mixture of the two. Or, imo, they should be.
This forum, in particular, has somewhat well-deserved rep for non-responsiveness to iPod newbie questions. The first thread I put up didn't receive an answer for months. I haven't checked it again, but I'd be surprised if an answer was ever posted. A helpful answer that is.
I've made some good 'Net friends thru the fora.
So, let's take the ties off, make friends, solve our problems and teach each other the little tricks that programmers love to sneak into software (for you corporate types, and those of you in Rio Linda, that's kind of like "networking" but without the ulterior motive).
I'm no newbie, but I'm no programmer or engineer either. I know my limits.
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May I send private messages to a friend in this forum?

I can;t find this function.
Will it be added?
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click on the members name to call up their profile and you will see, near the top on the right, send this user a private message. Another option would be to click on the envelope at the top of the page; this is white and open when no new messages are there, gold and closed when you have a new message.
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Need help with Data Model for Private Messaging

Sad to say, but it looks like I just really screwed up the design of my Private Messaging (PM) module... *sigh*
What looked good on paper doesn't seem to be practical in application.
I am hoping some of you Oracle gurus can help me come up with a better design!!
Here is my current design...
member -||-----0<- private_msg_recipient ->0------||- private_msg
MEMBER table
- id
- email
- username
- first_name
PRIVATE_MSG_RECIPIENT table
- id
- member_id_to
- message_id
- flag
- created_on
- updated_on
- read_on
- deleted_on
- purged_on
PRIVATE_MSG table
- id
- member_id_from
- subject
- body
- flag
- sent_on
- updated_on
- sender_deleted_on
- sender_purged_on
***Short explanation of how the application currently works...
- Sender creates a PM and sends it to a Recipient.
- The PM appears in the Sender's "Sent" folder in my website
- The PM also appears in the Recipient's "Incoming" folder.
- If the Recipient deletes the PM, I set "deleted_on" and my code moves the PM from Recipient's "Inbox" to the "Trash" folder. (Record doesn't actually move!)
- If the Recipient "permanently deletes" the PM from his/her "Trash", I set "purged_on" and my code removes the PM from the Recipient's Message Center. (Record still in database!)
- If the Sender deletes the PM, I set "sender_deleted_on" and my code moves the PM from the Sender's "Sent" folder to the "Trash" folder. (Record doesn't actually move!)
- If the Recipient "permanently deletes" the PM from his/her "Trash", I set "sender_purged_on" and my code removes the PM from the Sender's Message Center. (Record still in database!)
Here are my problems...
1.) I can't store PM's forever.
2.) Because of my design, the Sender really owns the PM, and if I add code to REMOVE the PM from the database once it has a "sender_purged_on" value, then that would in essence remove the PM from the Recipient's Inbox as well!!
In order to remove a PM from the database, I would have to make sure that *both* the Recipient has "purged_on" value and the Sender has a "sender_purged_on" value. (Lot's of Application Logic for something which should be simple?!)
I am wondering if I need to change my Data Model to something that allows my autonomy when it comes to the Sender and/or the Recipient deleting the PM for good...
One the other hand, I believe I did a good job or normalizing the data. And my current Data Model is the most efficient when it comes to saving storage space and not having dups.
Maybe I do indeed just need need to write application logic - or a cron job - which checks to make sure that *both* the Sender an Recipient have deleted the PM before it actually flushes it out of my database to free up space?!
Of course, if one party sits on their PM's forever, then I can never clear things out of my database to free up space...
What should I do??
Some expert advice would be welcome!!
Sincerely,
Debbie

rp0428,
I think I am starting to see my evil ways and where I went wrong...
> Unfortunately his design is just as denormalized as yours
I see that now. My bad!!
> the last two columns have NOTHING to do with the message itself so do NOT belong in a normalized table.
> And his design:
>
> Same comment - those last two columns also have NOTHING to do with the message itself.
Right.
> The message table should just have columns directly related to the message. It is a list of unique messages: no more, no less.
Right.
> Mark gave you hints to the proper normalized design using an INTERSECT table.
> that table might list: sender, recipient, sender_delete_flag, recipient_delete_flag.
> As mark suggested you could also have one or two DATEs related to when the delete flags were set. I would just make the columns DATE fields.
>
> Once both date columns have a value you can delete the message (or delete all messages older than 30+ days).
>
> When both flags are set you can delete the message itself that references the sender and the message sent.
Okay, how does this revised design look...
MEMBER --||-----0<-- PM_DISTRIBUTION -->0-------||-- PRIVATE_MSG
MEMBER table
- id
- email
- username
- first_name
and so on...
PM_DISTRIBUTION table (Maybe you can think of a better name??)
- id
- private_msg_id
- sender_id
- recipient_id
- sender_flag
- sender_deleted_on
- sender_purged_on
- recipient_flag
- recipient_read_on
- recipient_deleted_on
- recipient_purged_on
PRIVATE_MSG
- id
- subject
- body
- sent_on
Is that what you were describing to me?
Quickly reflecting on this new design...
1.) It should now be in 3rd Normal Form, right?
2.) It should allow the Sender and Recipient to freely and independently "delete" or "purge" a PM with no impact on the other party, right?
Here are a few Potential Issues that I see, though...
a.) What is to stop there from being TWO SENDERS of a PM?
In retrospect, that is why I originally stuck "member_id_from" in the PRIVATE_MSG table!! The logic being, that a PM only ever has *one* Sender.
I guess I would have to add either Application Logic, or Database Logic, or both to ensure that a given PM never has more than one Sender, right?
b.) If the design above is what you were hinting at, and if it is thus "correct", then is there any conflict with my Business Rule: "Any given User shall only be allowed 100 Messages between his/her Incoming, Sent and Trash folders."
Because the Sender is no longer "tightly bound" to the PRIVATE_MSG, in my scenario above...
Debbie could send 100 PM's, hit her quota, then turn around and delete and purge all 100 Sent PM's and that should in no way impact the 100 PM's sitting in other Users' Inboxes, right??
I think this works like I want...
Sincerely,
Debbie

Private Message

How do I send a private message to a community member ? I tried the private message option it doesn't work .

How To: Direct Message
The person you want to send the private message to has to accept you as a "connection" first, and yo uhave to accept them as a connection. Once you are thus connected, you can send Direct Messages (same as a Private Message) back and forth with each other.

Top Tip #3 - Private Messaging (PM's)

What is Private Messaging?
The Private Messenger facility allows you to send private notes to other members of the community. The term for Private Messages is often shortened to ‘PM’. PM's have two big advantages over email:
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- You can read and send private messages without leaving the community, making it easy to have a quick conversation with another community member.
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To use the Private Messenger, you must be registered and signed in. You'll see a Private Message icon at the top of your page which looks like a little envelope beside your name:
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You are automatically set up to get email alerts for private messages. This means you will be sent an email whenever you receive a new PM. This is a great way of letting you know if someone has sent you a message.
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Sending and Receiving Messages:
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1. Once signed in to the community click the message count or envelope icon to go to your Private Messages Inbox.
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2. Click on this icon and you will be taken to your private messages Inbox.
3. Click on the message you want to read.
How do I reply to a PM?
1. If you have just read the message you can click on the Reply button.
2. If you want to reply to a message at a later date, then you will need to go back to your messaging inbox, select the message as if you were reading it, and then click Reply.
3. The recipient and subject are automatically entered for you, but you can edit them.
4. Type the reply in the Message Body editor.
5. Click Send Message.
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Changes to Private Messaging Notifications

Hi All
After getting feedback from different forum members I have made a change to the Private Messaging (PM) email notifications. You may not have known, but it is possible to set up an email alert to let you know when you get a private message.
Some of the feedback we’ve had since the homepage refresh was that it can be easy to miss the fact you have a PM as they only show on the homepage. We are working on the design side of things, but in the meantime I have changed the default setting for PM notifications so that it will send an email when you get a PM. This means that every time you get a PM you will receive an email notification to let you know, so you can log in and check it.
If you don’t want to receive this notification by email, it’s easy to turn it off. Simply go to the homepage, Log In, click on My Settings, then Preferences, then Private Messenger, then untick the box which says ‘Receive email notifications for new private messages’, and click Save Changes. This will stop you receiving the email notifications for PMs. You can follow the same process to turn it back on if you change your mind.
Why not check out some of the other settings while you’re there!
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4.2.1 did the same cant remember if others before it did. if you leave messages open and receive a text you get a very quiet whoosh kinda sound

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I clicked the URL in the email message in the inbox, but a notice came up that I was not authorised to read it. I don't understand why I can't access it.

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I think that you are probably referring to a notification from Adobe Forums about a private message.
I think you need to be logged in to Adobe Forums on a browser before accessing the URL - it normally asks you to log in.
Once logged in to the forums, you can access the private messages under Your Stuff (see near the top).
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"You have received a private message in the Lenovo Community!" enhaced message

Hi. I think it's a good improvement to modify the current private message notification. A simple modification can do our life (in special, admins life) much more simple.
Something like this will be fine, I guess:
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You have received a private message from UsernameHere in the Lenovo Community!
Email body
Hello IPnaSh,
You have received a private message from UsernameHere in the Lenovo Community.
Please click here to access the community. You will need to login before you can read your message.
What do you think?
Best regards.
IPnaSh
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I don't think that's configurable since I've never seen it in the admin panel and it's consistent across any Lithium-based community I've joined.
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Reporting spam in private messages?

G'day
(I'm cross-posting this from here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2677169#2677169)
On forum messages, there's a button to report it as spam. I cannot see any similar feature to report a private message as spam. Anyone know how to bring spam private messages to Adobe's attention (other than posting to the "report spam" threads here, which seems a pretty primitive way of effecting the desired result)?
Cheers.
Adam

In my memory, this is only the second odd PM that I have received. Going back a couple of months, I had gotten another, that might have been such an effort, or maybe just someone trying to contact me on a form topic, and they were just not clear. I replied with a question, as to which forum they were referring to, and never got any response. There were no links, or anything else, so I will never know about that first one - test run?
Still, I'd like to see this sort of thing nipped in the bud. Just not sure what can be done about it. Might be a simple task, or maybe not. The harvesting of PM accounts and then probably accessing Adobe accounts via a 'bot, or similar, is not something that I would like to think about. If the spammers can do that, is it much more difficult to gather up users' S/N's, etc., from their product registration data? Some Web software guru will have to answer that.
Glad to hear that it was the same one, that many of us got, and not a different one. Thanks for confirming.
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