Gary c Tesser Posted January 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM For some months now I can't even find how to access my messages, let alone delete some so that I can send and receive some. I apologize for being ongoingly tediously absent-minded, since I'm sure that probably more than once somebody has told me this, but I'd appreciate it if somebody would once again run me through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted January 20, 2017 at 01:08 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 at 01:08 PM Click on the little envelope icon, upper right, top of the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 20, 2017 at 10:18 PM Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 at 10:18 PM I did find that before, and there's the list of messages, but what do I do with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 20, 2017 at 11:21 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 at 11:21 PM (edited) Read them? When you see the list, click on the subject of one you'd like to read. Edited to add: I tried to send you a message, but it says you cannot receive messages. Edited January 20, 2017 at 11:22 PM by Godelfan Added information about not being able to send a message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted January 21, 2017 at 08:17 AM Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 at 08:17 AM OK, I can read them, but I want to save them (not all, but the lovely some; I cherish the messages I get from George and Dan and John, and more) to hard-drive and then delete them from here, to make room. But it doesn't show me how, but I remember having done that in the past. (N.B. I never remember what I've done in the future. Just to cross that "t.") Godelf, I can't receive messages because my inbox is stuffed. That's what I'm whining about here. __ N.B. I, GcT, am writing as Nancy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 21, 2017 at 02:19 PM Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 at 02:19 PM That makes sense. I was going to send you a message explaining how to find them. I think what you need to do is click on a message, then click on "options" in the upper right corner. You can delete a conversation that way. If you don't, it is saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM 13 hours ago, Guest Nancy N. said: OK, I can read them, but I want to save them (not all, but the lovely some; I cherish the messages I get from George and Dan and John, and more) to hard-drive and then delete them from here, to make room. But it doesn't show me how, but I remember having done that in the past. (N.B. I never remember what I've done in the future. Just to cross that "t.") Godelf, I can't receive messages because my inbox is stuffed. That's what I'm whining about here. __ N.B. I, GcT, am writing as Nancy here. Well, i've tried sending you messages, too, and get a message that you cannot receive messages. Maybe that is the forum's way of saying your mailbox is full. I dunno. I just know that we are limited to 50 messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 21, 2017 at 09:38 PM Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 at 09:38 PM 23 hours ago, Gary c Tesser said: I did find that before, and there's the list of messages, but what do I do with them? Click on the "topic" (or subject) of each message thread. Then, on the right side of the screen, click on "options". You have the option to delete the "conversation". Yeah, the forum calls our message exchanges "conversations", not messages. Delete the blasted conversation!!! BTW, in the course of trying to help you figure out how to delete messages so you can receive new ones, I discovered that my own message inbox is full!!!! That doggone George Mervosh sent me a message that I replied to and I never deleted the "conversation". That one maxed me out! I'm going back in to delete some more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 22, 2017 at 01:28 PM Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 at 01:28 PM (edited) [godelfan:] I think what you need to do is click on a message, then click on "options" in the upper right corner. You can delete a conversation that way. [GcT:] OK, but then how do I save it onto the hard-drive here, like I usedta? Edited February 8, 2017 at 11:59 AM by Gary c Tesser labelling the dialog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted January 22, 2017 at 01:35 PM Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 at 01:35 PM (The sequence helps build up my contrib-count.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted January 22, 2017 at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 at 08:24 PM 6 hours ago, Gary c Tesser said: (The sequence helps build up my contrib-count.) But that doesn't mean they won't be deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 22, 2017 at 10:23 PM Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 at 10:23 PM I dunno. You could screen-shot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted February 5, 2017 at 12:15 AM Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 12:15 AM (edited) So I got a conversation, hit "options," and started to delete the conversation but a box came up saying: "Are you sure you want to delete this conversation? The conversation will be removed from your inbox and you will not be able to view or rejoin it. Other participants will continue to see it." So wait a minute. Where is it that the converation will now be stored (since not in my Inbox), so that "other participants will continue to see it"? -- And why are other participants allowed it see it but only I can't? Edited February 5, 2017 at 12:17 AM by Gary c Tesser dang unintelligible formatting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 5, 2017 at 02:39 AM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 02:39 AM 2 hours ago, Gary c Tesser said: So I got a conversation, hit "options," and started to delete the conversation but a box came up saying: "Are you sure you want to delete this conversation? The conversation will be removed from your inbox and you will not be able to view or rejoin it. Other participants will continue to see it." So wait a minute. Where is it that the converation will now be stored (since not in my Inbox), so that "other participants will continue to see it"? -- And why are other participants allowed it see it but only I can't? Because the forum admins want to taunt you? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:04 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:04 AM You can delete the record of the conversation from your inbox, but that won't delete it from the other person(s)'s side. Is that really so complicated (other than all those parentheses and s's)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM On 2/5/2017 at 10:04 PM, Shmuel Gerber said: You can delete the record of the conversation from your inbox, but that won't delete it from the other person(s)'s side. Is that really so complicated (other than all those parentheses and s's)? It's not complicated at all, I'm just astonished that when I write a message to Richard Brown, I get a copy, and if he replies, he gets a copy, but I get the original; so that when the conversation is done, we each have a transcript. But if his mailbox is full, like it is now (Spa fon? squa tront!, Mr Brown!), and mine is not, Like Now (!!!), then the post office just discards my messages to him, like they do with third-class ("junk") mail IRL, but I get to keep my own anyway? That's brilliant! Looks like I've been unjustly derogating the "upgrades" to the website all this time. Never really liked post-numbers, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:49 AM Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:49 AM On 2/4/2017 at 9:39 PM, Richard Brown said: Because the forum admins want to taunt you? ? Ehh. And why should they feel left out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:58 AM Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 11:58 AM Seriously, thanks to all for the help. I wound up just cut-and-pasting the conversations onto Mousepad files, and put them on the hard drive here, and then deleted the originals from my RONR-MB Internal Messaging System Box ("RONRMBIMSB," as Homeland Security calls it, because that's easier to pronounce than "nerd notes," which they called them during the Obama presidency). You'd think with computers, it might, say, be less laborious, but at least now, having whacked away at it since Monday, I'm down to 42%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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