Feb 8, 2015, 11:54 am
Last edit by: JDiver
When does a new Member become "Established"
and able to send over five PMs / Private Messages per 24 hours?
and able to send over five PMs / Private Messages per 24 hours?
Issue: Post handling and restrictions affecting very new members.
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
Very new members are limited as to how many Private Messages, or "PMs", they can send; the limit is 5 PMs per 24 hours. This has been done because we have had people who have signed up to abuse the system in some way, sometimes manifested by sending members harassing PMs or with offers or other activity prohibited by the FlyerTalk Rules, and our members' privacy is very important to us. The post from a prior Administrator states:
New members have a PM cap limit until they reach a post threshold. We don't really advertise the specific post threshold, as it can change and is in place primarily to prevent spammers from abusing the PM system, so don't want to make it easy to circumvent, but it is generally pretty minimal.
We apologise for any temporary inconveniences this may cause; they're temporary, and made necessary based on experience and some bad actors' misbehavior.
Becoming "established member" / remove the 5 Private Message per 24 hrs limit?
Dec 24, 2019, 2:28 am
#151
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
Feb 5, 2022, 5:59 pm
#153
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: United Mileage Plus
Posts: 4
Is this Wiki entry still up to date? Looks like the PM system entirely is disabled for new accounts with less than 5 messages (and actually, I think I have 5 and still see the error saying "The administrator has restricted use of the private message system to members with less than 5 posts.", so I wonder if that error message is out of date as well?
Feb 6, 2022, 5:24 am
#154
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
Is this Wiki entry still up to date? Looks like the PM system entirely is disabled for new accounts with less than 5 messages (and actually, I think I have 5 and still see the error saying "The administrator has restricted use of the private message system to members with less than 5 posts.", so I wonder if that error message is out of date as well?
