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Hi all,

You may have noticed that recentely we have received a lot of spam via PM. To stop this from happening, we have disabled the Private Message function to members who have made less than 50 posts. This means that people who join the forum to spam via PM will not be given the opportunity to do this.

Sorry for any inconveniece caused - this is the only way we can stop this from happening!
 
Hello Squeaky Pigs,

I have made 70 posts, but still cannot access my pms. Was able to access them at 3.30am today but when I came back to the site at 11.30am it said '6 stored of 0 allowed' and now private message has disappeared altogether for me.

Obviously, I would have sent this message in a pm and not posted on a thread, but...lol!
 
Can we still send a PM to members with less than 50 posts? Or is this not an option at all?

I do think you've done the right thing though, there is a lot of spam around at the moment.
 
threelittlepigs said:
Hello Squeaky Pigs,

I have made 70 posts, but still cannot access my pms. Was able to access them at 3.30am today but when I came back to the site at 11.30am it said '6 stored of 0 allowed' and now private message has disappeared altogether for me.

Obviously, I would have sent this message in a pm and not posted on a thread, but...lol!
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I will have a look into this for you... :)
 
I understand why you have done this but I think a lot of people join the forum specifically to rehome pigs. So this is going to make rehoming more difficult as we obviously can't post our phone numbers and emails on the open forum.
 
I thought it used to be that a new member couldn't pm until 50 posts, but could receive pms from other members and reply? Or am I imagining it? :))

I agree, I get pms about rehoming piggies, often from new members that don't necessarily post much

Sophie
x
 
I was messaging two people last night who were enquiring about rehoming, they joined specifically to contact me as they had lost my phone number. I don't have theirs. Would it be possible for a mod to pm these people for me and give them my phone number? Thanks. x
 
Mods will be happy to pass on numbers etc if you let us know what is needed.

It is an inconvienience I know but we have to think about the safety of our members - some of the links being sent around in these spam pm's could be really harmful so we have to take the best action we can.

In terms of new members being able to contact rescues/fosterers may I suggest setting up a rescue specific email address (using a free site such as hotmail/yahoo) and adding it to rehoming appeal posts so that potential adopters have another means of contacting you?
 
I have made 50 posts now (51 actually including this one) but my PM facility isn't working either :{
 
Maybe try logging out then logging back in? It might not add the PM facility until your 'next' visit.
 
that explains it... I tried to PM my OH last night (he's got less than 10 posts) and it didn't work... nevermind, I guess, I'll have to talk to him instead! :))
 
Hi i understand your reasons fully as i too have been given a virus through a pm but i am due to cllect a lovely girl piggy this sat from nutmeg and have been in contact through the forum so am unsure how to contact her now to let her know when I am on my way . Clare ( very worried )
 
puddles said:
Hi i understand your reasons fully as i too have been given a virus through a pm but i am due to cllect a lovely girl piggy this sat from nutmeg and have been in contact through the forum so am unsure how to contact her now to let her know when I am on my way . Clare ( very worried )
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You can get her contact phone number from

www.becklenguineapigrescue.co.uk
 
Does everyone have the 'send e mail' option when you click on their names, as this would be the best way to contact people until enough posts for pm's? x
 
Assuming you've only just made 50 posts then you might need to wait. The update on the forum software that recognises when you've made the right amount of posts only refreshes a couple of times a day so it'll happen. Just try again later. :)
 
I think the whole idea is great. It may be inconvenient to those of us without enough posts but the serious damage that spammers can do to a computer is very real. I think that this forum has taken a responsible step forward to protect its members.
 
kidsgrovecaviemad said:
Hello
I need to send a message to Ange17 on the forum and the new measures mean i cant PM her anymore please can a moderator let her know ! as she will be expecting a reply to her previous message.
Helen xx>>>
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Hope to speak soon I only have 8 posts to go, well 7 after this one!:))

I still can't access groups is this for ths same reasons?
 
I received a pm last week from someone who had only just joined the forum - 2 posts. I couldn't however reply :{

Teresa x
 
If you can't pm people, it would be nice to have a link to an email form as posting an email address on a public forum is going to get spammed.
 
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