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"Disappearing PMs?"

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Prof_ Wagstaff 4196 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest"	05-25-06, 11:51 PM (EST)
"Disappearing PMs?"
Sometimes I log on and I have a "red flaggy thingy" showing, but when I go to my inbox there is nothing there. I've always assumed that it was some kind of glitch, but I don't want anyone to think that I'm being rude and not responding to thier mail. My momma taught me to always answer my mail. So is it a glitch or have I been dissing people for months? Sig by Cygnus "A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." - Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID

If you delete your cookies IceCat 05-26-06 1

RE: Disappearing PMs? mrc 05-26-06 2

   RE: Disappearing PMs? Prof_ Wagstaff 05-26-06 3

       RE: Disappearing PMs? Snidget 05-26-06 4

           RE: Disappearing PMs? Prof_ Wagstaff 05-26-06 5

RE: Disappearing PMs? kingfish 06-27-06 6

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IceCat 17313 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-06, 00:01 AM (EST)

1. "If you delete your cookies"

... your red flaggy will start to wave even if there are no new messages.

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID33/242.shtml

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mrc 10020 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-06, 00:02 AM (EST)

2. "RE: Disappearing PMs?"

If you're logging in from a new computer or after clearing your cookies, I think the mailbox flag comes up, even if you only have old messages in your inbox. I thought the same thing as you.
Someone will be along shortly with a more technical answer.

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Prof_ Wagstaff 4196 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-06, 08:16 AM (EST)

3. "RE: Disappearing PMs?"

I think that was about as technical an answer as I can handle. Thanks to you both. I will return to not worrying about it.

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Snidget 43862 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-06, 08:25 AM (EST)

4. "RE: Disappearing PMs?"

Here is a fairly non-technical explaination.
In order for you to be alerted to a new message something has to remember which ones you read.
With some software the main computer where the board lives keeps track of what you read.
It looks like for this board the one who remembers is the local computer. Sometimes your own computer will forget (the cookie thing) and you get the flag. Sometimes you log into a new computer that doesn't have any idea what you were doing with other computers behind its back, so it will give you a flag.

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Prof_ Wagstaff 4196 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-06, 12:34 PM (EST)

5. "RE: Disappearing PMs?"

Thanks Snidget, for the non-tech explanation. Even I could understand that.
Sometimes
>you log into a new
>computer that doesn't have any
>idea what you were doing
>with other computers behind its
>back, so it will give
>you a flag.
So you're saying that can get a red flag for playing with another computer when the first computer ain't lookin'.
Now that's spooky!

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kingfish 16088 desperate attention whore postings
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06-27-06, 06:32 PM (EST)

6. "RE: Disappearing PMs?"

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