Please increase the maximum number of Private Messages on vb.org

[Alfa1]

Please increase the maximum number of PMs to 1.000. 500 PMs including sent messages does not allow me to store all the important correspondence with coders. I know I can download old messages and clear out what I have, but vbulletins PM history is very useful when talking to coders and discussing code edits. Especially if they respond after a long time.

[amjadz4]

I second to that!

[Gio~Logist]

I third, fourth, and 5th. I have to delete my inbox constantly and sometimes i'd rather keep some of the conversation just for reference and what not since the majority are requests.

[TheLastSuperman]

Same here but you know this will increase the vb.org DB and they just took down the servers to make them better... if it's a no for now perhaps when you switch to 4.0 I mean I would settle for 750 even :D

[Dean C]

It'll never happen. I couldn't even get an increase when I left the staff here. Staff were allowed a limit of 1000 so upon being dropped to 500 I had to go and delete over 500 of my messages :) Exports don't cut it, to be frank.

[amjadz4]

Well that stinks. At least they should give the coders/designers more privileges here. Just a suggestion.

[Adrian Schneider]

I usually just ask people to move the conversation to Email. More convenient.

Mind you, I have hit the peak quite a few times now and maybe that is a factor. :) More would definitely be helpful.

[theFM]

it could have not been for me till now , but i mainly just ask people to talk to me via email , or seperate Yahoo Messanger ID.

there I can save important convo's and also it is nice front to front talk is more convinient.

But i only do have 183 messages , i should not be speaking here :D :D !!!

[Shelley_c]

There have been several occassions where I've had to delete pms. I can't agree that 500 pm messages would be so important that they have to be kept. I guess popularity has it's pit falls. I find if you insert a "please don't pm me for support" this will lower your pms.

Having a full pms does have it's positives. I personally think we should have them lowered not increased. Something around 1-2 as a maximum limit would be good. I'd be totally against an increase in the pm amount.

[BSMedia]

that just might work this time.

[Brandon Sheley]

I usually just ask people to move the conversation to Email. More convenient.

Mind you, I have hit the peak quite a few times now and maybe that is a factor. :) More would definitely be helpful.

That's what I would do as well, that way I could use outlook to organize all the messages, and can reply from the phone that way :up:

that being said, my inbox is 96% full ATM :p

[Alfa1]

My inbox is always 98% or 99% full.

[Paul M]

We have discussed this internally, and feel that a large increase (100%) is simply not justified.

In fact, the number of members who are close to the current limit is very small (less than 0.1%).

However, we have gone ahead and applied a 20% increase (to 600). Note that any further increase is extremely unlikely.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

PS Unless you clean up, any limit will not be enough after some time.

[veenuisthebest]

PS Unless you clean up, any limit will not be enough after some time.
Just what I think!

500 is already too much and if you are finding it less, you'll also find 1000 less.

[theFM]

Just what I think!

500 is already too much and if you are finding it less, you'll also find 1000 less.

Completely agree with it .
try Email Conversation or store your most important messages
i don't think you all have 500 MOST IMPORTANT MEssages lol

take care
bye fokes :-h

[Digital Jedi]

Until we get threaded PMs, I don't think having a more PM space really helps anything.

[TheLastSuperman]

We have discussed this internally, and feel that a large increase (100%) is simply not justified.

In fact, the number of members who are close to the current limit is very small (less than 0.1%).

However, we have gone ahead and applied a 20% increase (to 600). Note that any further increase is extremely unlikely.

Inbox contains 409 messages.
You have 449 messages stored, of a total 600 allowed.


THANKS!!

Yes many opinions here but for now I shall run off quietly into the night with my 100+ new pm slots :p

[TruthElixirX]

I don't care about the amount I can store, but is there some way to display ALL PMs on one page so I can download them all at once? Its tedious to go through multiple pages. I don't know if this is something that exists already in vBulletin and I just over looked it, or if it could be added.

[Lynne]

If you go to the bottom of the PM page, you'll see this to download all your messages at once:
Download all Private Messages as:
XML (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php?do=downloadpm&dowhat=xml) | CSV (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php?do=downloadpm&dowhat=csv) | Text (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php?do=downloadpm&dowhat=txt) MBOX (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php?do=downloadpm&dowhat=mbox)

[TruthElixirX]

If you go to the bottom of the PM page, you'll see this to download all your messages at once:

I have no idea how I missed that for so long. Thank you!

[Gio~Logist]

We have discussed this internally, and feel that a large increase (100%) is simply not justified.

In fact, the number of members who are close to the current limit is very small (less than 0.1%).

However, we have gone ahead and applied a 20% increase (to 600). Note that any further increase is extremely unlikely.

Awesome ;)

[Brandon Sheley]

However, we have gone ahead and applied a 20% increase (to 600). Note that any further increase is extremely unlikely.

right on, thanks Paul and other staff members :up:

[CarlitoBrigante]

I usually download messages and import them in something like Excel, then delete a bunch of the oldest ones in the Inbox.

[0ptima]

Why is vb.org so stingy on space?

[ChopSuey]

Why is vb.org so stingy on space?

For the coders and designers to post their work, so people wouldnt take up space just as me and you are. ;)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

1 of the reasons is very simple and is not related to space limitations or such: We don't want to encourage discussing issues in private instead of public threads where the entire community may benefit from the answers.

[0ptima]

1 of the reasons is very simple and is not related to space limitations or such: We don't want to encourage discussing issues in private instead of public threads where the entire community may benefit from the answers.

Very true!

[Bounce]

IIRC someone mentioned a system where you can store them on your pc, I had it and it was from here, just got a new pc thou (for space purposes would you believe lol) and lost it :(

:D

[Lynne]

You don't need a system, it's default vbulletin. Just click the save as text link at the bottom of the PM page.