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A Memo to a Higher Office: Open Letter to the Powers That Be

by Allen Graves
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Those who get a lot of PMs will usually try to answer them all at once to maintain a time-consolidated visit to this awesome forum!

But waiting 500 seconds between PMs is EXTREMEMLY PAINFUL!!!!!!!

Could we maybe try 300 seconds at least????

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?????

Allen

p.s. Yes, I am a HUGE Rush fan
#500 #admin #limit #lower #pleeeeeease
  • Profile picture of the author Eric Stanley
    My PM timer is currently at 300 seconds, and yes I agree it's awful. Nothing like a box full of PMs and starting at the wall for 3 min+ because you can't answer them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    Agreed. I had to drop PM's altogether as a source of contact.

    There should be a rule that allows:

    0-250 posts = 500 sec wait
    250-500 posts = 90 sec wait
    500+ = no wait.
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    • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
      That's an awesome idea...wonder if there's a setting for somethig like that.

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    • Profile picture of the author JoeCool
      Originally Posted by BlueSquares View Post

      Agreed. I had to drop PM's altogether as a source of contact.

      There should be a rule that allows:

      0-250 posts = 500 sec wait
      250-500 posts = 90 sec wait
      500+ = no wait.
      Ahem...

      I think, if anything, it should go by how long you've been a member here.

      I could get up to 500 posts, if I wanted to, in about a month.


      Best Regards,
      ~ JoeCool (Who's been here since 2005 )

      P.S. Dang, Lou! You've been here so long you should get your PMs before they're even sent!
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      • Profile picture of the author clbeav
        Originally Posted by JoeCool View Post

        Ahem...

        I think, if anything, it should go by how long you've been a member here.

        I could get up to 500 posts, if I wanted to, in about a month.


        Best Regards,
        ~ JoeCool (Who's been here since 2005 )

        P.S. Dang, Lou! You've been here so long you should get your PMs before they're even sent!
        That seems like a better idea, but I think there should be a post count and how long you've been a member here restriction. I haven't been a member here long, but let's say someone registered here about 3 years ago, but never made but a handful of posts. Should they get any priority?

        I think having a graduated system, is a great idea, and it not only benefits long standing well contributed members, but it gives incentive to others to stay active and involved in the forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author rapidscc
      Originally Posted by BlueSquares View Post

      Agreed. I had to drop PM's altogether as a source of contact.

      There should be a rule that allows:

      0-250 posts = 500 sec wait
      250-500 posts = 90 sec wait
      500+ = no wait.
      Wow good idea..
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  • Profile picture of the author Lou Diamond
    Hello,
    that is the price that you pay for popularity.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetM39482
    It's currently set at 300, I think.

    I've not played with vB for a long time, but if I remember correctly the setting BlueSquares wrote about could be implemented with maybe some usergroup permissions. Those with 500+ posts could be put into altogether different usergroup, and it could be no wait for them...

    And yeah, I agree it's a pain for those who receive quite some PM's.
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    • Profile picture of the author admin
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      Originally Posted by Swastik View Post

      It's currently set at 300, I think.

      I've not played with vB for a long time, but if I remember correctly the setting BlueSquares wrote about could be implemented with maybe some usergroup permissions. Those with 500+ posts could be put into altogether different usergroup, and it could be no wait for them...

      And yeah, I agree it's a pain for those who receive quite some PM's.

      I was thinking about that once, for other reasons, but after talking with one of the actual programmers of VB about the size of the group that would have to be moved, i thought I better leave well enough alone.

      If you're moving just a few hundred people VB itself can do it. Moving thousands becomes a lot more risky and must be done manually.
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    Allen,

    Have you seen the post by the Warrior who runs WarriorPlus.com He either has or has in the works a cue for the Warrior PM feature. You make all of your replies, hit send and they go out every 300 seconds or whatever the delay is.

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  • Profile picture of the author admin
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    I've lowered it to 60. We'll try it, but what do you want to bet the very next post we see about PM's on here will be:

    "Why am I getting all this spam, can't something be done to stop it?"

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  • Profile picture of the author dave830
    Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

    Those who get a lot of PMs will usually try to answer them all at once to maintain a time-consolidated visit to this awesome forum!

    But waiting 500 seconds between PMs is EXTREMEMLY PAINFUL!!!!!!!

    Could we maybe try 300 seconds at least????

    PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?????

    Allen

    p.s. Yes, I am a HUGE Rush fan
    Agreed, Allen.....

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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    Why am I getting so many spam messages in my PM box. Can't something be done to stop it?

    Sorry Allen, I couldn't resist.

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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Thanks Allen.

    And if the spam rears its ugly head, I will be the first to alert you!

    At least we'd have tried.

    Allen
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        And if the spam rears its ugly head, I will be the first to alert you!
        Nah - just delete and ignore it so Allen doesn't have to put it back to 300 seconds!

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        • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          Nah - just delete and ignore it so Allen doesn't have to put it back to 300 seconds!

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          Yea, you're right. We wouldn't want to bother him, right?

          Allen
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    VERY COOL!

    Just sent a few PMs without having to wait at all.

    Whew....

    AL
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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      Stop spamming my PM in box Allen G.

      Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

      VERY COOL!

      Just sent a few PMs without having to wait at all.

      Whew....

      AL
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      • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
        Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

        Stop spamming my PM in box Allen G.
        SHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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