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da Shiv

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Can't open messages
« on: November 25, 2003, 04:23:11 PM »
This started just sometime in the last eight hours.  Last night when I checked my messages, there was no problem.  As of this morning , all new messages do not show the name of the sender.  All that's there are the little symbols for profile, contact user, add to address book, and ignore user.  Since it's the sender's name that you click on to open the message, and there is no sender's name, I can't open the messages.  Bruce, this happened to me months ago, sometime shortly after you took over the site.  We exchanged several messages about it without ever really figuring it out, if I remember correctly.  After almost a week of receiving messages that I couldn't open, I quit saving them and just deleted them.  Eventually, for reasons that I don't understand (maybe you do), sender's names began to appear again in my mail and I could open my messages again.

Anyway, the problem has returned.  Most of my messages are just notifications from you that someone has responded to a forum post, so I can just look around at topics that I have recently posted in to see who may have responded.  I hate to think, however, that someone has sent me a personal message that may warrant an answer and I'll never even know about it.  

The problem could be with my work computer, but it wasn't doing this yesterday.  If the problem shows up on my home computer when I turn it on tonight, I'll post back here with that info.

Shiv

P.S.  I have a few messages saved in my box.  The old ones still retain the sender's name--only the new ones don't have it.
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livespive

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2003, 07:28:42 AM »
Same thing is happening here.
At first I thought it was because Presto and took
his name off of the list because I was PM'ing with him
and only his messages were gone.  Now I can't see Bruce's either.
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da Shiv

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2003, 01:34:52 PM »
ttt
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SrKegler

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2003, 01:53:37 PM »
I have never experienced any problems.  Tells me its probably a local problem.

Ya rekon Leftside banned Bruce??????
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da Shiv

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2003, 02:18:48 PM »
Jeffrevs and I are both having this problem, and it is still unsolved.  Jeff and I are both in the Detroit area, if that could have any bearing on it, but livspive says he is having this problem too, and I don't believe he's in Michigan.

Shiv
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Mike E

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2003, 03:01:12 PM »
Shiv, I'm having the same problem-live in Maryland.`

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da Shiv

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Re: Can't open messages
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2003, 07:01:41 PM »
Just checked back in...all the messages now have Bruce's name on them, so I guess the problem is solved.



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