I would like to see the option back to what we had on the old Flyertalk.

If I choose to make my email address available, then it is my decision.

I also rarely check Flyertalk while traveling but I do check my email.

So, the private messaging would do me no good... and as Carol said, the 70 private message limit is not helpful either. I can only imagine the server space it would take if every member used the private message feature to save messages.