Is there a problem with PMs??

[Karen]

I could be wrong Karen, but I have sent PMS out with no reply
I did not recieve that one from Scooter Bug for example.

But I sent one TO you, and then received one FROM you no problem!

[phesina]

I think the problem may be that, as far as I've been able to tell so far, the new Pet Talk page does not indicate when you have NEW PMs. It just says Private Messages on the black strip in the header, and you have to click that to get your list of private messages to see if there are any new ones. As I recall, the old software put up a Bold note by the PM click spot saying you had new Private Messages when you did.

A couple of days ago when Gary started this thread, I clicked on his catmandu user id and then the choice to send him a private message. I then sent him one for a test, asking him to let me know if he got it. Then after I sent my message, my list of PMs came up and I found that I had THREE new ones, one going back a whole MONTH, that I'd had no idea I had gotten.

Karen, would you and Paul please see if you can somehow indicate for the user when there are any new Private Messages? .. something like the way the thread starter lists have the different colored backgrounds for the little envelopes before the thread titles? or perhaps the Private Messages spot on the black line can say "New Private Messages" .. ??

Thanks very much ,
Pat