PM Maintenance - Please Backup

Discussion in 'Admin Talk News' started by Nick, Oct 10, 2009.

  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    In the coming week, all PMs on AdminAddict will be deleted. This includes sent PMs, received PMs, and PMs within any custom folders you have created.

    Once deleted, there will be no way to retrieve these PMs, so we are urging you to download copies of your private messages so that any important information you may have exchanged is not lost.

    To save a copy of your private messages, go to each folder, select the messages you want to save, scroll down and in the drop-down menu at the bottom, choose to "Download as ..." whatever format you prefer. You will need to do this for each folder you have: Inbox, Sent, and any custom folders.

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    DOWNLOAD AND SAVE THEM NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

     
  2. ArnyVee

    ArnyVee Regular Member

    Yikes! Gotta do this either later tonight or tomorrow because I've got a lot of helpful PMs here at AA. :speechless:

    Thanks for the warning Nick.
     
  3. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    No worries, Arny. We shouldn't be doing the pruning until next weekend, so you all have plenty of time. :)
     
  4. FullMetalBabe

    FullMetalBabe Zealot

    And just went I felt lazy, I don't even know what I have in my PM, lol.
     
  5. 50calray

    50calray Grand Master

    If you don't mind me asking, why are we deleting PMs?
     
  6. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    An announcement to be made in the near future (sometime near/at the end of next week) will reveal why. Sorry to make you wait. :o
     
  7. FullMetalBabe

    FullMetalBabe Zealot

    =_= Omg, curiosity will be killing me.
     
  8. Abomination

    Abomination Zealot

    creepy.... Halloween is coming soon too!
     
  9. Ak Worm

    Ak Worm Grand Master

    :cry: Halloween is scary
     
  10. FullMetalBabe

    FullMetalBabe Zealot

    r u srs?
     
  11. Ak Worm

    Ak Worm Grand Master

    NO! I wasnt in a good mood last night. But anyways, i dont need to backup my pms. Theyre all just crazy.
     
  12. The Voice

    The Voice Addict

    I backed up the welcome PM i got.
     
  13. Brandon

    Brandon Regular Member

    hmm, I also wonder why you would want to clear out the PM's
    are you going to downsize our limits :(


    Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 3.

    go ahead and kill em :D
     
  14. ArnyVee

    ArnyVee Regular Member

    Darn, I haven't been able to backup all of my PMs yet :)

    I'm hoping to have them done by tomorrow night. Any particular time/date Nick?
     
  15. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    Sometime on Friday or Saturday; no particular date. Sorry. :(
     
  16. ArnyVee

    ArnyVee Regular Member

    Whew....just finished going through nearly 200 messages and saved the ones that I wanted and downloaded them :)

    Thanks for the warning Nick! :D
     
  17. Abomination

    Abomination Zealot

    Nick, can we get the time set on this event?

    I want to send some PMs but want some assurance that the recipient would see them.

    Could you just do it on a certain time e.g. Sunday November 1, Noon Eastern time? That way all the pre-sale 'stuff' would be over with at vb.com.

    Timing might be tight.
     
  18. The Voice

    The Voice Addict

    This coming week, they're getting deleted?
     
  19. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    I typed up a nice long reply to Shelley's post, but my internet is hardly working, and it stopped sometime between me writing my reply, and hitting submit, so it was lost.

    Long story short: PMs might not have to get deleted afterall. Details will follow when I can get my internet restored properly.
     

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