PM still in my outbox

Hello,
I have sent lots of PM's but I have a problem now. There's still in my outbox a message that I wrote days ago. My "sentbox" have still space, so I don't know why does it happens.
Any help?
Greetings

I've had the same thing happen to me, usually when I click on the message in the outbox and then refresh the page it sends. But I don't know why it does that.

I have a message in my outbox because the person hasn't been online and so hasn't read the message.

Rio wrote:

I have a message in my outbox because the person hasn't been online and so hasn't read the message.

Ah! thanks for that Rio!

I've sent PM's to a few people and they seem to be hung up in my Outbox.    Either there is an issue with messages here on the forum, of some of you have message boxes that are full.      

-Kristie

i just noticed I had one to Bowhead whale and Susanne that I sent last week

Outbox keep the messages when the recipient has the inbox full but also until the recipient read it! :)
I use it often and it is working nicely! I also have some messages in my outbox but it is because the recipient hasn't read them! Anyway it is important to check if our inbox is full. You always have this information and it is easy to delete all messages and save those you don't want to loose. :)

So the message will stay in the "outbox" until it is read by the recipient? ohhhhhhh. Silly me.

-Kristie

Kristie wrote:

So the message will stay in the "outbox" until it is read by the recipient? ohhhhhhh. Silly me.

-Kristie

Yes, that's excelent. So not only we know if it was already read as we can delete itif it has anything wrong! :)
Kristie, you are a fox now?

Just for a day or so. I'm sure I'll revert back to my hippo-ness.

-Kristie

dlfrogman wrote:

i just noticed I had one to Bowhead whale and Susanne that I sent last week

I have just checked...it seems I have read all my messages in my inbox

Hmmm...I much prefer ordinary E-mails. It is much easier.
I have a system for saving those, and I can easily see if I have ansvered

I received today two notices via e-mail about PMs. First at 10.18 and second at 13.23. The first PM I read but the second I can not find in my Inbox. I have my Inbox full, all messages are read. AFAIK if I receive new message, the oldest messages marked as read are automatically replaced with no need to manually delete anything.

So, admin, please can You check what is wrong with my box?

jarda wrote:

I received today two notices via e-mail about PMs. First at 10.18 and second at 13.23. The first PM I read but the second I can not find in my Inbox. I have my Inbox full, all messages are read. AFAIK if I receive new message, the oldest messages marked as read are automatically replaced with no need to manually delete anything.

So, admin, please can You check what is wrong with my box?

Everything looks correct in all pm settings. A message can always be deleted by the sender before being red by the recipient! It could explain why you was not able to read it. The alert is atumatically generated as the message is sent. If the sender delete it then you cannot read.

Thank You for the explanation :)

Yes, Rio is right, the pm system of STS is very complete. When a message is in outbox it means that it was not read yet, or because the recipient was not online, haven't noticed the message or simply didn't want to read it.
When it is in sent box it means that the recipient already opened the message. :)

Hello,
Im having trouble with sending messeges.

I belive they are getting stuck in the out box.

My question is :

What is the outbox for?

Why is all the messages getting stuck in there?

How can i unstick them?

I never had this problem before


Thanks to anyone that could help

Goatherder

Usually the outbox is for messages that people have not opened, - but if they stay there, it could also be a sign that they are not send, - just gessing  

If that is the case, it is indeed a serious problem, I hope the Admins see this  

Now I have checked my mail, and I can see there is a message from you (  ). Usually I get a mail when there is a PM for me  
Well, it could of course be that I missed it   

Anyway, this may be an opportunity to ask everybody to check you inbox regularly  

Susanne is right, the outbox is the place for unopened message.

It can happen that a member doesn't see a new message because his inbox is 100% full. So the best for every members is to check regularly the inbox and delete the old messages  

Thank you both for your advice. I shall keep an eye on my inbox too.

Thank you again.

I've been having trouble with the PM system through the forum for a few days now. But today, none of my messages are going through. They keep getting stuck in the outbox. Anyone else having this problem? How do I fix this?

Hello, the answer is [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  

Thank you, but my inbox is only 26% full...

Oh! My sentbox was full. I figured it out, thanks for your help!  

Okay, maybe I didn't... Do the messages get stuck in the outbox if the other member's inbox is full?

Christophe gave the correct link but I'll try to explain.
The messages system is divided in 3 parts:
1. inbox: as you know, inbox is where you find the messages you receive from other members. You can keep a maximal of 50 messages on your inbox, though, when it has 50 messages, it means that it is 100% full and you cannot receive messages. We should keep some free space on our inboxes.
2. Sentbox: here you can find the messages that already were sent and also opened by the recipient. It means basically that the message was read. You don't need to keep free space on your sent box once the system delete the oldest automatically;
3. Outbox: When you send a message, it goes always to the outbox, this is the place where messages are kept until being read for the person you've sent the message. It means that the messages you send go always first to the outbox until being read and go to the sentbox.
There are several reasons why messages are not read and keep waiting in your outbox. The first reason is that the person was not online and obviously hasn't read it yet, the person can also be online and decid not read the message. There is also the chance of someone not notice that has received a message and just haven't opened it. The recipient can also have the inbox 100% full and your message will be kept in the outbox until the member delete some messages. Another reason can be that the member deleted the message before opening it, it sometimes happens accidentally.
So, the most important is always to keep some free space on our inboxes and always check if there are unread messages before deleting them.
Check also if your outbox is full or not, I really don't know what happens when it is full once it never happened with me. There is a little chance that the system don't allow you to send new messages when your outbox is full once they go first to there. :)