Replying to your Personal Messages. ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ!

[BigMike]

Hello guys,

Well recently (Nov 2005), I found out how to route all default server messages from the forum to my person email address so that I can review forum errors.

And incidentally, instead of expecting error messages, what I am getting are members who are Replying Directly to their Personal Messages from their own Email Client's Inbox.

Please note that the Emails sent to your Email Address to notify you of a New Personal Message, are ONLY NOTIFICATIONS.

Here is the basic notification email that is sent to your email address when you receive a new pm:

You have just been sent a personal message by <Member Name> on Marlin Crawler - Online Forum.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

<message here>

Reply to this Personal Message here: <Reply-To Address>

Please follow the instructions, "IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email."

And you should Reply to the Email by following the instructions, "Reply to this Personal Message here: <Reply-To Address>"

I am getting about 4 emails a day from people who are replying to the Email sent FROM THE SERVER instead of using the Forum to return the Message, and their replys are ending up in my mail box instead.

I am getting emails that are bounced to my account every day of messages from those who don't realize that the letter sent to their email address is ONLY A NOTIFICATION. If you reply to a Notification Email from the Forum, then it will be forwarded to my Email Inbox and I can see what you are writing    

Just for today,
1) I got 4 emails from the same member who was trying to send pictures of a white 1st gen Yota, possibly to make a sale.
5) I got an email from a Gavin Brown talking about a quick payment.
6) I got an email from a Kyle Hansen who was trying to send a reply message to a NUb.
7) And I got an email from "chameleon" who was asking about shipping costs.

So that is 7 Emails that we REPLIED to instead of using the appropriate "Reply to this Personal Message here:" link.

I don't want to know what you guys are talking about, or who you are sending messages to and from, so please do your part in protecting your privacy by following the IMPORTANT direction and reply to your Personal Messages by using the link provided.

Thankyou
BigMike

[79coyotefrg]

[BigMike]

Here is what I got yesterday:

1) Two Emails from a Justin Jenkins

[Rocksurfer]

Sucks to be you Mike.


You should set up an email address only for that notification and just delete them when they come in.

[*FFC*]

I'm sorry Mike but I couldn't help myself

Maybe you can put a notice of this thread on the front page for all members to read

[79coyotefrg]

i think i actually  replied to a PM  that way once   

[BigMike]

[jimbo74]

i think i actually replied to a PM that way once

well, there actually is a link in the bottom portion of the email you get.... and it will link to your private mail box and allow it that way....

what mike is talking about, is when you get the email notification, it posts waht the pm was... and some people hit the reply-to button on their browser/mail server.... when they do that, the mail gets sent back to mike.....

if you use the link @ the bottom of hte email, then its ok

[BigMike]

well, there actually is a link in the bottom portion of the email you get.... and it will link to your private mail box and allow it that way....

if you use the link @ the bottom of hte email, then its ok

So that is 7 Emails that we REPLIED to instead of using the appropriate "Reply to this Personal Message here:" link.

[Lady Di]

i think i actually replied to a PM that way once

I did that once but only because that is the way it works on the autocad board I'm on.

[79coyotefrg]

well, there actually is a link in the bottom portion of the email you get.... and it will link to your private mail box and allow it that way....

what mike is talking about, is when you get the email notification, it posts waht the pm was... and some people hit the reply-to button on their browser/mail server.... when they do that, the mail gets sent back to mike.....

if you use the link @ the bottom of hte email, then its ok

yep  i know that jim,   but the problem is i was a   and actually hit the reply button

[jimbo74]

yep i know that jim, but the problem is i was a and actually hit the reply button

i agree lol j/k yeah that is why mike made this thread.... because people did stuff liek that.... (i am not calling anyone an idiot, jsut to make myself clear..... im an idiot every once and awhile too )

[79coyotefrg]

[TiredIronGRB]

Where is my PM link, when I click on the "Reply to this Message" link it gives me this message.

Sorry, you can't read your personal messages.

[*FFC*]

Where is my PM link, when I click on the "Reply to this Message" link it gives me this message.

Sorry, you can't read your personal messages.

For security reasons.  You must be here awhile before you can access them.  There is a set amount of valid posts you must have in order to view.  Let me warn you, it may not be anything important.

[TiredIronGRB]

O......K

[79coyotefrg]

  yea  if  its  from "RobertT"   just  go ahead  and delete it 

[acousticrawk]

noted

[*ROKTOY*]

A simple fix would be to not inclued what the PM says in the notification, that way the user will have to go to their PM box to find out.

[THK Matt]

Hey mike people still doing this?

A simple fix would be to not inclued what the PM says in the notification, that way the user will have to go to their PM box to find out.

...... Or people can start looking past there own face and actually READ THE EMAIL

[BigMike]

Ok

I have once and for all fixed this problem.


From now on all NOTIFICATION emails sent from the forum to your email address will be addressed from [email protected]

And, when someone replies to the notification his/her reply will be sent to [email protected] where upon my server will reject the email and bounce back an informative error

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh peace at last.

Hey mike people still doing this?

Oh you better believe it

[Hilux808]

 HUH?

[BigMike]

Hmmmmmm?

[79coyotefrg]

[Pikeman]

I hate it when that happens. I am on a few other boards and here of people doing this alot. Even "Senior Members" who have been on the forums forever.

[troyman]

Dunno if your forum software allows it, but some of them you can use a generic account like "[email protected]" when you send out the PM notification.  It's just a generic username but doesn't actually have an email account associated with it.  That way the person not following directions gets a bounce back as well. 

[BigMike]

Hey troyman,

I have once and for all fixed this problem.


From now on all NOTIFICATION emails sent from the forum to your email address will be addressed from [email protected]

[troyman]

 

Short attention span apparently

[rgacord]

what was that crack about members who are seniors

[rgacord]

just kidding