#arcitectual
9 messages in this thread
Michael,
By private message, David means through CompuServe's EMAIL
(Electronic mail) system, since private messages are not enabled on this
forum, except to the *SYSOP.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
Kevin:
You sent the message about private messages to me instead of to Michael.
Besides, if you send something marked as private while here in this forum,
it simply rolls over to Email anyway.
David
David,
Must be related to new forum software, then. I'd previously seen a
few messages that had been intneded to be private that hit the forum.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
Kevin:
I've been sending "private" messages on Autodesk forums for years. I mark it
as private using TAPCIS, which just adds a "post private" at the end of the
dialog. When TAPCIS sends the message and the forum software sees the post
private, it just sends it via Email. I suspect that's the way most forums
that don't allow private messages work it. I suspect that private messages
that ended up posted publicly ended up that way by accident, at the fault of
the uploader.
David
PS. Of course, I could be wrong. It's happened before.
David,
Since you are using TAPCIS. why not just use the 4 option when replying.
This will send the message directly to mail from the board without all the
checking.
Joe:
Is that what 4 does? I thought it posted it as private and then the Forum
software sent it to Email. Oops. I just went to send this message to you and
found out that you were right. Now I don't remember which I was doing, 2 or
4. <sigh>
David
Dave,
The 4 option posts directly to Mail. To Forward a message from the board to
Mail you need a flag in the forum and TAP don't give you flags….<grin>.
The 2 option will post a private message, but if private messages aren't
enabled (like in the Autodesk forums) it should give you the option of
posting public or to mail.
Joe:
I'm gonna do a little experiment. After I send this message to you publicly,
I'm going to send you two other messages, one using option 2 in TAPCIS and
one using option 4. Let's see what happens.
David
thank you, Kevin.