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Right now I can't find a way for an individual on the boards to choose to disable private messages for their profile. I'm willing to enable the PM function overall, but only if people have the option to disallow this for their own profile. That way, people who do not want to receive private messages won't.
I'm going to ask my tech guy if there's a way around this. There probably is, and if he can change the code a bit I'll go ahead and enable the PM function overall.
Best,
Heather
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heather your doing a greatjob. i vote yes on instant messenger.
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ive had ibs for 8 years now. im learning alot on this web board. thanks again everyone
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Just catching up with all these posts! I've always been curious about the PM function,and think it sounds great,its a yes from me 
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Hi guys! I think private messages could be great. There have been times in the past where I definately would have made use of it. There are some really marvelous people on this board that I am honored to consider friends. HOWEVER, I DO NOT feel we should use the PM feature unless guests have the ability to disable it if they choose. I also have seen this abused on other boards. Yes, we have a lovely bunch at the moment, but you cannot control who visits the site or for what reasons. I have seen people get angry and abusive on other sites when there is a difference of opinion. I kid you not, it does happen. For this reason, I no longer visit this particular site. With the possible increased traffic to Heather's site, I feel we should be cautious about the PM feature. I think Heather deserves our patience on this matter. Why not give her the time she needs to install it properly, where it can be disabled if a member so chooses? I worry that Heather could become extremely overwhelmed. I look forward to using the PM feature; I would wonderful to get to know you all better. I don't mean to be a party pooper, let's just be patient.  artist
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I've seen this become a huge problem on other boards too, to the extent that people just leave the boards altogether. Frankly, if I am able to enable this feature with an "opt out" function for folks who don't want it, I'll disable it for my profile, because it defeats the purpose of the boards for me to answer someone privately instead of publicly, where everyone else can see the info too. That's the beauty of the boards from my perspective, and I don't want to lessen that. But I know PMs would be welcomed by many others, so I am looking into a way to get this up and running while still keeping things under control.
Thanks artist.
- H
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Heather,
On the Support Group Message Boards, the PMing is enabled, but users can choose the option to not accept PM's in their My Home preferances. Shouldn't you be able to do that for these boards also? Or is this not what you meant you wanted?
Thanks!
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I agree. There are all sorts of free email sites, Yahoo and Hotmail and one can set up an email account anytime there, free. If put in ones profile then we can contact them, if not, obviously they don't want to be contacted, their choice. But, I agree with Heather, and we should be able to opt out of it. I honestly thought were were able to already by not checking the private message box, or was I missing something?
Giving credit where credit is due............This, by far the most mannerly group I've ever run across...friendly, caring and concerned. AND, it is the best software for any message boards I've ever seen. We have more options than any I know about to date............even huge message boards don't do what ours does!!! I love it!!!
Kandee
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Kandee - Do you post on the IBS Support Group Boards? If you are registered, and you go into My Home, under your preferences, the last questions is "Accept private messages from other users?" and you choose Yes or No. They have PMing enable. I guess since the IBS Message Boards don't have it enabled, that question doesn't show up under the preferences for IBS Message Boards.
I hope I'm not confusing you!  Or myself for that matter!
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This was a dumb oversight on my part. The private messaging should not have been enabled on the Support Groups board - I just changed that.
I know folks can choose to edit their preferences to not accept private messages, but they have to know how to do this (and they have to know that they CAN do it in the first place). Too many people don't ever even go to my home, or feel comfortable editing their preferences. I don't want them suddenly getting private messages, not liking it, and not knowing what to do about it.
I'm still open to changing this setting in the future, I just really don't want to have to take it away if it doesn't work out and there is abuse of the system. I know that sounds paranoid but there are some really wacky folks on other IBS boards and so far we've managed to keep them away from here. I don't want PMs to be a back door entry way for them.
- H
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You know what - I was thinking about it, and even though you can choose to not accept any PMs, you probably can't block individual senders, so that's probably better. Anyone wanting to chat with others online would probably be better off using an Instant Messenger such as MS Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, etc.
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