I didn’t used to have this restriction. Is it new?
Perhaps you might have tried to send a second one too soon after the first? There is a recent patch to the software that insists on a few minutes (currently 15 minutes) between PMs.
Recently, some spammer went to a whole lot of forums that run the same (“Invision Power Board”) software that we run, and spammed people with PMs pointing to a porn site. He came here too. Subsequent to that, Invision released a patch that forces a gap between PMs.
For other restrictions, the software allows group-by-group set up, so that (e.g. there are different wait times for “Regulars”, compared to “Novices” and so on. Hopefully, they’ll add something like that to the software on a less-emergency basis.
In fact while replying, I realized that they have provided one option that can help most of our regular members not be restricted. I’ll check into that.
If this is not the problem – i.e. if you cannot send PM even after waiting a while – then it must be something else altogether.
Thanks, softwareNerd. I’ll try again to send a couple of PMs just leaving a time delay between them and get back to you.
Thanks, softwareNerd. I’ll try again to send a couple of PMs just leaving a time delay between them and get back to you.
Why can’t I post new threads in the other sections of this forum?
Why can’t I post new threads in the other sections of this forum?
There a only a couple of sub-forums where new topics are restricted… e.g. the “Meta-Blog” sub-forum where the topics come in from other feeds, or the “Premium” forum.
PM me with the particular forum where you’re trying to create a thread, and I’ll investigate further.
The problem I was having seems to be all sorted now. Thanks, sNerd.