This probably goes without saying needs a overhaul, i'd like to see a feature for admin at least to be able to pm certain member groups or the entire forum. And members to be able to pm all their friends at once.

have a read at this: http://blog.mattmecham.com/archives/2006/1...l_topics_1.html

yes, and it sounds interesting but doesn't cover the issue i raised. Not sure its anything to do with personally messaging at all tbh.

It does, in a way.

With a PM system setup the way Matt has showcased for IP.D, you could create a Personal Topic and invite Members1,2,3, or Groups3,5, or Everybody... (or Group6, but not Member3)

Simply put it makes mass PM'ing an easy thing.

yes, and it sounds interesting but doesn't cover the issue i raised. Not sure its anything to do with personally messaging at all tbh.

Yes, it does. Personal topics seem flexible enough to do what you said.

yes, and it sounds interesting but doesn't cover the issue i raised. Not sure its anything to do with personally messaging at all tbh.

Try reading it.

If you're pming all of your members... wouldn't a topic be better? It would require far less database space I believe.

If you're pming all of your members... wouldn't a topic be better? It would require far less database space I believe.

That's why the current PM system is not well suited for mass messaging... however a "personal topic" system would solve that issue.




P.S. I'm sorry but KX why did you bother getting into this topic with a reply like that? No need to make him feel like an idiot when it's already been pointed out (twice) that he may have mis-read things... -.-;

I read the first post then read the post that was linked to in the second post them made my reply...

Well, can I offer your own advice to you in regards to replying to a topic? :whistle:

Sure, go for it.

yea i think i get it now, kinda saw the ip.d post a while ago when it was first posted on matt's blog. I get what you mean tho and how mass pm'in members would cause more load then this format. Does seem like a nice solution, its kinda brief tho so not sure if it has an option to add entire groups to the topic or not so if not that would be something worth adding. Also not sure whats the alert system used on this and whether it'll be as "urgent" as a personal message as people always consider pm's to urgent and check them immediately and the alert system in the form of a popup make sure people visit as soon as they check the forum (in theory).

However, all those things are rather trivial to add in compared to the rest of the underlying system...

true but if someone doesn't mention them then they'll never get added and they aren't trivial, e.g. being able to contact entire groups of members is a much needed and important feature and if it doesn't alert members then this whole project to replace or addon to pm's is no good because then comes back to pm feature needing option to pm entire groups.