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Post by a nameless entity » Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:29 pm

OK,
So how do I delete an old message in my outbox?

I have two outgoing PM's that have never been picked up, and they are both 2-3 years old.

IF there is a way to delete them, I sure as heck can't find it.

It seems I can still edit them, but there is NO DELETE BUTTON that I can see, anywhere. :?
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Post by EvilGrins » Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:59 pm

Typically you click on the bottom right "Mark All" to select all of everything in your outbox.

Then in the field just below that, select "delete all marked".

That should do it.

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Post by a nameless entity » Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:55 pm

No delete button comes up under any circumstance.

I cannot delete any PM's in the outbox, inbox, or sent messages box, because there is no way to do it. :? :roll:
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Post by EvilGrins » Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:42 pm

a nameless entity wrote:
Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:55 pm
No delete button comes up under any circumstance.
I never said there was a button.

There isn't.

That "delete all marked" only shows up in the field after you select everything... and... huh.

Okay, you're supposed to be able to select that and then after things get deleted, but the option doesn't even pop up.

That's weird!

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Post by Hermskii » Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:03 am

I have 9. I took a look and don't see how to delete them. I can't delete mine.
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Post by a nameless entity » Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:08 pm

So is there any way to fix this issue?
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Post by Hermskii » Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:49 pm

Not that I see at this time. Maybe when I upgrade the forum again it will offer a delete button.
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Post by Hook » Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:47 pm

Maybe it has to do with a permission that may be turned off / not allowed?
I'll check on my forum also, to see if mine allows deleting outbound messages that were never read.
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Post by EvilGrins » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:17 pm

There's a few other forums that have this same basic setup, where the instructions I gave above let messages be deleted.

Not sure why this forum doesn't.

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Post by Hermskii » Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:20 pm

I locked this place down real hard many years back after finding out certain admins were nuking other user's posts etc.

I took all admin rights away from everyone and even blocked a person from being able to delete or edit their own post after some certain duration of time. I certainly don't remember the specifics of those settings now but I never relaxed them and all has been good since until this issue.

I don't recall ever blocking people or managing in any way anyone's messaging here. I never blocked or deleted anyone's email or messages. I'll look around at forum suport forums and see what they say.

I am getting to the point of being willing to pay someone to move all of this into a new forum setting where everything looks and works right.
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Post by Hook » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:26 pm

I'll have to look AGAIN (a bit harder) on my forum.
I did a quick look a while back and I believe our outbox PMs could not be deleted either.
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