[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I request a PM feature, which informs unactivated members that a activation email has been sent to their email account, but their account has not been activated yet and tells them to check their spam filters. The majority of inactivated users are caused by spam filters.

I'd guess that the majority of non-activated users for many forums, including mine, are invalid email addresses. In the "tech support" section, we have a post explaining how to avoid filters using the address book or whitelist.

Originally Posted by djbaxter

If they haven't activated their memberships, they won't be able to read their PMs. That's why email is used.

I wouldn't give unactivated members access to PMs. That's just begging for PM spam, especially since the spammer doesn't even have to provide a valid email address in order to be able to access the forum members.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I see. It would be good to to override that. The EZbounced email hack overrides this, so it must be possible to add this feature. I think this would be very effective in helping with unactivated user management.

Overiride what? The Ez Bounce add-on doesn't send PMs.