Topic: PM Outbox

[draker]

I'm experiencing a strange problem.  I noticed today after PM a couple of my members that the PMs I sent are not showing up in my Outbox.  They are in the database, and they are receiving the PMs, but any PM sent doesn't show up in a member's Outbox. 

Is this is a bug already fixed for the next release, or something strange only effecting me?  I couldn't find any previous threads about this problem.

[[Unknown]]

Are you checking the box to save the message in your outbox?

-[Unknown]

[draker]

*snort*

When this item was first brought to my attention by one of my members, I went immediately searcing the DB thinking it might be an error there; when I tried replicating the problem, I didn't even see that box.  I was still operating under the YaBBSE methodlogy where it got automatically saved.  I hadn't relalized it had changed in SMF.

Is there a way to make it default to "Save a copy in my Outbox", so one doesn't to chech that box if they want to save it, every time the write a PM?

[Chris Cromer]

Yes there is an option in your profile to make it so that the box is checked automatically to save pm's to your outbox.

[draker]

Ok, now the plot thickens a little.

I went looking for the Profile change to update at least my profile and see where it was, so I could pass it on to the original starter of this problem.  And its already checked to save my PMs by default.  I hadn't changed it, nor, as you can probably tell, was I even aware of that setting.

Shouldn't that have seved the same purpose?

I just tested the PM again, and if I check the "Save to my Outbox" option in ?action=pm;sa=send it saves the message to my outbox.  If I leave it unchecked and hope to rely on the profile setting, it doesn't get saved to my outbox.

[Chris Cromer]

The setting in your profile just makes it so the checkbox is automatically checked when you start to write a new pm. It does not force the pm to be saved to the outbox.