[charmedhour]

It's not strange at all; it's very useful. Some people disable read receipts, so the only way to know if a person has read your PM or not is if there is a "outbox [unread] vs. sent [read] private message" type feature similar to phpBB. Perhaps you disagree with the terminology, but on a practical level, it's a great feature.

Additionally, the ability to edit an unread message is very nice. Maybe you forgot to add something... without the differentiation between unread and read in what's been sent, you have to send another PM and clutter up the person's Inbox.

It's the only complaint my members have switching from phpBB to vBulletin.

So, rather than judging the question, how about providing the answer?

Is there the ability to tell if a message is unread in vBulletin other than the "read receipt" option, and is there the ability to edit unread messages?

Since this is an older thread I am hoping that the new version has this feature, since above it appears the old one did not. Or perhaps there is a hack?