Sending and Receiving Private Messages (PM)
One neat phpBB feature is that users can communicate privately with each other outside the public board area, through private messages (PM). (PM is also used as a verb, as in "Please PM me".) PMs work very similarly to the normal email we’re all used to. The interface for writing a PM is the same as for writing a posting, except there is a field for the recipient’s username at the top. Also, you can look up a username if you’re not sure about the spelling.
There are the following private message boxes:
- Inbox: Stores all incoming messages, just like in a normal email mailbox.
- Sentbox: Contains all messages that youve sent to other members.
- Outbox: Temporarily contains those messages that youve sent but which ...
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