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Title: Personal Messages have been turned off (Now you need to request it back now)
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on February 12, 2010, 07:16:48 PM
For the present time, for security reasons, personal messages have been turned off.




Edit by Igor:    
Now you'll need to request private messages to be turned on here:
http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=4996.0
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: rsdworker on February 12, 2010, 07:42:19 PM
i have question - why? its was connected with spam problem?
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on February 12, 2010, 07:43:12 PM
yes
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Michael 'Cruzer' on February 15, 2010, 05:16:08 PM
That's a problem, because I know that I've received a message (because of the pop up window), but it's doesn't allowed to me to view it!
Would be fine to know what's the context of this message!
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on February 15, 2010, 05:35:35 PM
Actually, I think I have a solution. I can make it where you can READ but not SEND them. By the time you get this, that should work. :)
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Colin on February 16, 2010, 10:48:21 PM
Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall on February 15, 2010, 05:35:35 PM
Actually, I think I have a solution. I can make it where you can READ but not SEND them. By the time you get this, that should work. :)

I'm missing something in my interpretation of this. If you can't send e'm, how can anyone read e'm?
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Spike on February 16, 2010, 10:53:31 PM
Quote from: Colin on February 16, 2010, 10:48:21 PM
I'm missing something in my interpretation of this. If you can't send e'm, how can anyone read e'm?

Old ones, I assume.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on February 17, 2010, 04:39:41 AM
Quote from: Colin on February 16, 2010, 10:48:21 PM
I'm missing something in my interpretation of this. If you can't send e'm, how can anyone read e'm?

Two posts up:

Quote from: Michael 'Cruzer' on February 15, 2010, 05:16:08 PM
That's a problem, because I know that I've received a message (because of the pop up window), but it's doesn't allowed to me to view it!
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: DirrrtyDirk on March 21, 2010, 07:54:36 PM
Any chance that the personal messages feature will be turned on again in the future?
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: VS on March 21, 2010, 09:25:58 PM
Perhaps we should start re-enabling them for known people?
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: jonasbb on March 21, 2010, 10:35:23 PM
A quick question:
You mean the personal messages in the forum?

These are working for me since a few weeks. Sending and Getting mails.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Zeno on March 21, 2010, 10:51:31 PM
I thought they were already enabled back. Didn't I sent one to you on friday, VS?
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on March 22, 2010, 12:52:00 AM
They are disabled for "normal" members.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: DirrrtyDirk on March 22, 2010, 11:50:40 AM
Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall on March 22, 2010, 12:52:00 AM
They are disabled for "normal" members.

and for inactive Devotees as well  ;) (or do you mean only Admins and Moderators can use it and not even the Devotees?)
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Colin on March 23, 2010, 09:07:26 AM
Quote from: DirrrtyDirk on March 22, 2010, 11:50:40 AM
and for inactive Devotees as well  ;) (or do you mean only Admins and Moderators can use it and not even the Devotees?)

I hope this is not so. It would appear that our 'Benevolent Dictator' is becoming a true dictator. lol.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on March 23, 2010, 04:15:52 PM
Excuse me, but my solution to this issue was not implemented, so do not blame me with the current status.

The team of administrators decided what to do. I was in the minority, so the majority won, as it was supposed to be.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Combuijs on March 23, 2010, 04:20:26 PM
It works for devotees. So you can better become active again DirrrtyDirk  ;) .
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: DirrrtyDirk on March 23, 2010, 10:33:40 PM
No, I think I'll stay with the plebs a while longer.  ;)
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Colin on March 24, 2010, 01:40:15 AM
Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall on March 23, 2010, 04:15:52 PM
Excuse me, but my solution to this issue was not implemented, so do not blame me with the current status.

The team of administrators decided what to do. I was in the minority, so the majority won, as it was supposed to be.

Hey Isaac, it was a joke, ha ha hardy ha ha
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: Lmallet on March 24, 2010, 08:23:47 PM
Quote from: Isaac.Eiland-Hall on March 23, 2010, 04:15:52 PM
The team of administrators decided what to do. I was in the minority, so the majority won, as it was supposed to be.

So, could the team of administrators tell us what exactly is going on/planned with PMs?  A few users have been asking on the FR board and I don't know what to tell them at this point.  I can understand why they don't want to us their real email instead.
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: VS on April 29, 2010, 06:49:57 PM
Good news - PMs are back, although under "restricted mode". From now on, members will have request PMs individually.

To request them, go here (http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=4996).
Title: Re: Personal Messages have been turned off
Post by: neroden on May 11, 2010, 07:08:46 AM
I'd just like to remind jonasbb that I cannot respond to his PM (which left me perplexed for a while). 

(To answer his question, unfortunately I know of no way to get a git repo running on an arbitrary server unless you can install programs on that server; there may be a way but I don't know of a way.  But you can get a free account on the github servers, which have all the right programs installed, if your project is open source, such as the Artistic License.)