Clear your PMs, please - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-05-2003, 11:59 AM

Could everyone please go through their PMs and delete the ones they no longer need. PMs are taking up an unnecessarily huge amount of space on the server.

Thanks!

ElentariGreenleaf · 05-05-2003, 12:31 PM

Sorry Mr BW sir.... I'll go do that now sir... *backs away from mean looking wight*

dragoneyes · 05-05-2003, 12:35 PM

Are we allowed to keep just a few? Or do we have to get rid of them all?

Legolas · 05-05-2003, 12:38 PM

You can always save them on your computer as .txt files or something if you'd like to keep them. If you like the convenience of having them online (i.e. reading them anywhere you have access to a computer), Geocities has free accounts for storage for anyone.

[ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ]

ElentariGreenleaf · 05-05-2003, 12:39 PM

Just the old ones ^_-

Lyra Greenleaf · 05-05-2003, 12:42 PM

Eeek. I never thought of that! Sorry.

Firondoiel · 05-05-2003, 12:49 PM

Eeeek! This is scary! My dad told me today that I needed to go through all my files on the computer and get rid of the ones I didn't want/need anymore! I've been doing that for like two or three hours now. I finally got tired of it so I came here and look what I find! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] But fortunately for me I only have like 8 PMs in my profile. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Edit: Make that six. I just deleted two. I'm going to put the rest somewhere on my computer. Hopefully my dad won't mind me making just one little file.

[ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Firondoiel ]

Diamond18 · 05-05-2003, 01:38 PM

Or you could set up your profile to have copies of PM's sent to your email. That's what I do. I've got zero PM's at the Downs, but a whole separate folder in my inbox overflowing with old messages I never read but can't bring myself to delete. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-05-2003, 02:13 PM

How do you do that Diamond? I definately need to figure it out, cause I get about six PMs a minute lately... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Sophia

Aylwen Dreamsong · 05-05-2003, 02:14 PM

Will do BW. And if Bethberry reads this, your PM box is full and I can't reply! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Aylwen

Carlas · 05-05-2003, 02:17 PM

Wow, I got around to doing it and now I have only four! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Thanks, I needed to clean up in there, if only it was that easy with rooms...

Arafangwen · 05-05-2003, 02:26 PM

I shall empty immedietly [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] *salutes dutifully*

Bêthberry · 05-05-2003, 02:33 PM

That mailbox fills up faster than bars on a Saturday night. Cleared now. Sorry, Aylwen.

ElentariGreenleaf · 05-05-2003, 02:36 PM

MAN! I must have deleted 30 odd pms..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm turing into my Nana! Collector of old useless junk! I have my pm's sent to my inbox now, but I never used to, so I think I'll start saving them to a new folder too.... ^_^ [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Diamond18 · 05-05-2003, 02:37 PM

Sophia:

You click on the "View/Update Profile" link and scroll down to "Your Preferences". There will be the option, Be notified by email when someone sends you a private message? And you, of course, choose "Yes". [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-05-2003, 03:00 PM

LOL! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] thank you Diamond, much appreciated... And oh my word, all you mods, how *do* you keep any space in there at all?! If mine fills fast, I can't imagine yours [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia

Galadrie1 · 05-05-2003, 04:51 PM

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There will be the option, Be notified by email when someone sends you a private message?

Yeah, but they still get sent to your profile on the 'Downs.... Or maybe that's just some quirk with my account here?

Diamond18 · 05-05-2003, 04:56 PM

Well, yes, the email is just a way to save the messages, so that you don't have old ones clogging up the Downs. You can delete them and still have a copy if you want to save them for any reason. But, you still need to receive and send your PMs here.

Galadrie1 · 05-05-2003, 05:24 PM

*Sigh* You know that feeling when you wish you could just go back in time and actually think a tiny bit before you post something? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Serves me right for trying to do about a million things at once.

Eressië Ailin · 05-05-2003, 07:55 PM

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You know that feeling when you wish you could just go back in time and actually think a tiny bit before you post something?

Well now you can! *wink* With this brand new edit/delete button, you can edit and even delete your posts! Typo? No problem! You can edit your posts! Were you drunk when you typed your last post? Never fear! You can delete your posts!

lol.... sorry... Lack of inspiration there. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

DaughterofVana · 05-05-2003, 09:06 PM

Yes, but if she deleted her post, she would delete yours, too. (And mine, but since this is basically a nonsense post I doubt if anyone would mind.)

Now let's see how many inane comments we can pack onto this thread. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] hehe.

-'Vana

Trippo The Hippo · 05-05-2003, 09:36 PM

My two are gone now.

Niluial · 05-06-2003, 11:59 AM

Sorry Barrow-Wight! I actually never thought of that.. but mine weren’t particularly full but I cleared it anyway! I’ll keep that in mind! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Lossentilien · 05-06-2003, 12:26 PM

Yikes! I'll do that now. Mine are mostly nonsense anyway....especially the ones I write......
Didn't know they took up so much space...

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-06-2003, 01:54 PM

Thanks everyone for cutting those old PMs out. Please continue to do so as you get more. This doesn't mean you can't keep PMs. It's just that it would be best if you didn't keep very many.

....Which brings me to another topic: avatar file size....

Please read the topic I will start.

05-05-2003, 11:59 AM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Clear your PMs, please Could everyone please go through their PMs and delete the ones they no longer need. PMs are taking up an unnecessarily huge amount of space on the server. Thanks! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-05-2003, 12:31 PM	#2
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 496	Sorry Mr BW sir.... I'll go do that now sir... backs away from mean looking wight __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

05-05-2003, 12:35 PM	#3
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Are we allowed to keep just a few? Or do we have to get rid of them all? __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

05-05-2003, 12:38 PM	#4
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	You can always save them on your computer as .txt files or something if you'd like to keep them. If you like the convenience of having them online (i.e. reading them anywhere you have access to a computer), Geocities has free accounts for storage for anyone. [ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ] __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

05-05-2003, 12:39 PM	#5
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 496	Just the old ones ^_- __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

05-05-2003, 12:42 PM	#6
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	Eeek. I never thought of that! Sorry. __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link

05-05-2003, 12:49 PM	#7
Firondoiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 571	Eeeek! This is scary! My dad told me today that I needed to go through all my files on the computer and get rid of the ones I didn't want/need anymore! I've been doing that for like two or three hours now. I finally got tired of it so I came here and look what I find! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] But fortunately for me I only have like 8 PMs in my profile. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Edit: Make that six. I just deleted two. I'm going to put the rest somewhere on my computer. Hopefully my dad won't mind me making just one little file. [ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Firondoiel ] __________________ "Forth, and fear no darkness. Arise. Arise, Riders of Théoden. Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered. A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!"

05-05-2003, 01:38 PM	#8
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Or you could set up your profile to have copies of PM's sent to your email. That's what I do. I've got zero PM's at the Downs, but a whole separate folder in my inbox overflowing with old messages I never read but can't bring myself to delete. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-05-2003, 02:13 PM	#9
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	How do you do that Diamond? I definately need to figure it out, cause I get about six PMs a minute lately... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Sophia __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

05-05-2003, 02:14 PM	#10
Aylwen Dreamsong The Melody of Misery Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Island of Conclusions (You get there by jumping!)... Posts: 1,147	Will do BW. And if Bethberry reads this, your PM box is full and I can't reply! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Aylwen __________________ ...Come down now, they'll say. But everything looks perfect from far away - Come down now! But we'll stay.

05-05-2003, 02:17 PM	#11
Carlas Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lost in the Fog of the Downs Posts: 359	Wow, I got around to doing it and now I have only four! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Thanks, I needed to clean up in there, if only it was that easy with rooms... __________________ 七転八起...

05-05-2003, 02:26 PM	#12
Arafangwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WtR: 413 miles/Floating happily across the floor in the arms of The Phantom..... Posts: 361	I shall empty immedietly [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] salutes dutifully __________________ i indo ye vanya mi amaurëa cálë~LúcëwenElerínaEruiel Soooo..... I'm still doing the wave, anyone else? Anyone? Yeah!! Hmmm... What is that?

05-05-2003, 02:33 PM	#13
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,997	That mailbox fills up faster than bars on a Saturday night. Cleared now. Sorry, Aylwen. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-05-2003, 02:36 PM	#14
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 496	MAN! I must have deleted 30 odd pms..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm turing into my Nana! Collector of old useless junk! I have my pm's sent to my inbox now, but I never used to, so I think I'll start saving them to a new folder too.... ^_^ [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

05-05-2003, 02:37 PM	#15
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Sophia: You click on the "View/Update Profile" link and scroll down to "Your Preferences". There will be the option, Be notified by email when someone sends you a private message? And you, of course, choose "Yes". [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-05-2003, 03:00 PM	#16
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	LOL! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] thank you Diamond, much appreciated... And oh my word, all you mods, how do you keep any space in there at all?! If mine fills fast, I can't imagine yours [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Sophia __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

05-05-2003, 04:56 PM	#18
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Well, yes, the email is just a way to save the messages, so that you don't have old ones clogging up the Downs. You can delete them and still have a copy if you want to save them for any reason. But, you still need to receive and send your PMs here. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-05-2003, 05:24 PM	#19
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Sigh You know that feeling when you wish you could just go back in time and actually think a tiny bit before you post something? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Serves me right for trying to do about a million things at once. __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

05-05-2003, 09:06 PM	#21
DaughterofVana Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: twirling contentedly in a flower-filled field Posts: 134	Yes, but if she deleted her post, she would delete yours, too. (And mine, but since this is basically a nonsense post I doubt if anyone would mind.) Now let's see how many inane comments we can pack onto this thread. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] hehe. -'Vana __________________ "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes." Hi! Did you miss me?

05-05-2003, 09:36 PM	#22
Trippo The Hippo Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: somewhere with hippos that say jolly o and wear spectacles Posts: 195	My two are gone now. __________________ Shouldn't he be the disco steward?

05-06-2003, 11:59 AM	#23
Niluial Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In the darkness of white Posts: 601	Sorry Barrow-Wight! I actually never thought of that.. but mine weren’t particularly full but I cleared it anyway! I’ll keep that in mind! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Life is not about how many breaths you take but about how many times it leaves you breathless. My rants, moans and groans in other words my Blog My Magical Site

05-06-2003, 12:26 PM	#24
Lossentilien Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: lost in a web of intrigue Posts: 123	Yikes! I'll do that now. Mine are mostly nonsense anyway....especially the ones I write...... Didn't know they took up so much space... __________________ "Can I cry as much as I want? The white snow falls and hides my tears." Imladris

05-06-2003, 01:54 PM	#25
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Thanks everyone for cutting those old PMs out. Please continue to do so as you get more. This doesn't mean you can't keep PMs. It's just that it would be best if you didn't keep very many. ....Which brings me to another topic: avatar file size.... Please read the topic I will start. __________________ The Barrow-Wight