I see your point and don't understand why the option we had previously has disappeared with the new version of vB. Something I'll look in on now that i've had a chance to look over what the upgrade had done or hasn't done for us. If I recall, formerly one could send a PM via the arrow which now contains "Your Notifications" in the upper right hand corner of the use area near the "Welcome, missydarlin."
A good point and something I'll add to the list of things we need to review. Thanks.