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?
Jun 4, 2015, 9:47 am
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Jun 4, 2015, 10:37 am
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Jun 4, 2015, 3:47 pm
#93
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Sending a big bunch of PMs is an inefficient way to get information and means that others cannot correct the information you gather. So it's bad for you, bad for the people you send your question, and bad for future users of FT.
Sep 10, 2015, 9:27 pm
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Wait a day. People with a low post count and/or short time on FT have restrictions.
You can PM a moderator. Bottom right of the sub forum screen if the forum has a moderator.
Cross posting is against FT rules
You can PM a moderator. Bottom right of the sub forum screen if the forum has a moderator.
Cross posting is against FT rules
Sep 10, 2015, 11:26 pm
#96
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Your cross-posted thread in the Information Desk forum has been deleted; cross-posting is not encouraged on FlyerTalk.
Thank you,
JDiver
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Sep 16, 2015, 9:54 am
#97
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Catch-22: how, if at all, is it possible to notify someone with whom you are exchanging PMs about possibly meeting up for a drink between flights in the next couple of days that their mailbox is full and isn't accepting any more PMs?
Sep 16, 2015, 9:56 am
#98
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Click on their profile and see if they accept emails. Many of us do.
Sep 16, 2015, 9:58 am
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Edit to add: SanDiego1K and I were crafting our posts at the same time.
Only other idea I can think of would be to find out if they've posted recently and reply in that thread that you are looking to send them a PM but can't because their mailbox is full.
Sep 19, 2015, 12:52 pm
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Some members might allow you to email them - if you click on their handle, there might be an option for "Send e-mail to ________". Note that you won't see this if they don't allow this in their board options.
Edit to add: SanDiego1K and I were crafting our posts at the same time.
Only other idea I can think of would be to find out if they've posted recently and reply in that thread that you are looking to send them a PM but can't because their mailbox is full.
Edit to add: SanDiego1K and I were crafting our posts at the same time.
Only other idea I can think of would be to find out if they've posted recently and reply in that thread that you are looking to send them a PM but can't because their mailbox is full.
BTW, moderators can apparently send email even if you've picked the option to disallow email communications on FT. Also, moderators apparently can send PMs to full mailboxes on FT. I'm not sure whether the recipient can then reply to the moderator in such cases.
Sep 19, 2015, 10:19 pm
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My understanding of the way this works is that the system does allow the recipient to see the sender's email address but does not show the recipient's email address to the sender. Of course, this would be the email account that is registered to FT in your account.
BTW, moderators can apparently send email even if you've picked the option to disallow email communications on FT. Also, moderators apparently can send PMs to full mailboxes on FT. I'm not sure whether the recipient can then reply to the moderator in such cases.
BTW, moderators can apparently send email even if you've picked the option to disallow email communications on FT. Also, moderators apparently can send PMs to full mailboxes on FT. I'm not sure whether the recipient can then reply to the moderator in such cases.
As to paragraph 2, I'm not sure about the latter; when a PM box / folder is full, it's full. But if a recipient of a PM wishes to reply to a moderator, of course they can.
Moderators or Admin can send an e-mail, and a record is made of that e-mail, as it must be through an automated process with restrictions that is available to moderators (no personal or trivial issues, only formal FlyerTalk related matters); replies are sent to the moderator's email address of record (usually, through a FlyerTalk specific email address).