PM autoreply or please-use-email message to sending user

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Quote from: theymos on April 14, 2013, 02:45:02 PM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 05:00:58 AM

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

Nope. "Ignore list" is perhaps a misnomer. It's a block list.

Ah, thank you. Yes, you're right, that is a misnomer.

Quote from: theymos on April 14, 2013, 02:45:02 PM

Excellent, that is exactly what I was hoping for.

Thank you!

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Quote from: theymos on April 14, 2013, 02:45:02 PM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 05:00:58 AM

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

Nope. "Ignore list" is perhaps a misnomer. It's a block list.

Oh, well, there you go.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 05:00:58 AM

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

Nope. "Ignore list" is perhaps a misnomer. It's a block list.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 14, 2013, 12:35:50 AM

Chalk it up to mutual unintended douchebaggery.

Indeed. At any rate, the bright red words and easily available email link are the workaround which I was referring to. If anyone still sends you PMs, they're probably not worth dealing with anyway.

Like I said, idiot filter.

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Quote from: myrkul on April 14, 2013, 12:32:55 AM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 14, 2013, 12:29:15 AM

Quote from: myrkul on April 13, 2013, 08:32:07 PM

Your signature includes the bright red words "DO NOT PM ME. Send me email."

I am flabbergasted by your superhuman powers of observation.

No need to be a douche about it.

Actually I thought your statement of the blindingly-obvious contents of my signature was in the same vein, but I could be wrong.

Chalk it up to mutual unintended douchebaggery?

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 14, 2013, 12:29:15 AM

Quote from: myrkul on April 13, 2013, 08:32:07 PM

Your signature includes the bright red words "DO NOT PM ME. Send me email."

I am flabbergasted by your superhuman powers of observation.

Unfortunately there are plenty of ways for people to send me PMs from pages that don't display that message.

No need to be a douche about it.

As I said, this also shows up on your user profile. Is there anywhere else that I don't know about that a user can send you a PM from?

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Quote from: justusranvier on April 13, 2013, 08:33:59 PM

When I get a PM the forum sends me an email containing the actual text of the PM.

…and I can't reply via email. So I can't reply. Hence, this thread.

This also doesn't solve the problem of their original message passing through the forum's PM system in the first place, which is another thing I'm trying to avoid here.

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Quote from: myrkul on April 13, 2013, 08:32:07 PM

Your signature includes the bright red words "DO NOT PM ME. Send me email."

I am flabbergasted by your superhuman powers of observation.

Unfortunately there are plenty of ways for people to send me PMs from pages that don't display that message.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 10, 2013, 05:10:06 PM

I often discover a big pile of PMs that are weeks old and people get all upset and angry at me.

When I get a PM the forum sends me an email containing the actual text of the PM. I think it's controlled by the "Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email." option. If you turned that on I don't see any way you could possibly miss PMs.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 13, 2013, 08:13:22 PM

Quote from: myrkul on April 13, 2013, 08:11:48 PM

You seem to have worked out a valid work-around.

No, you are mistaken.

It doesn't need to be anything nearly as fancy as an auto-response. Simply eliminating the ability for people to send me PMs would be enough -- that would force them to look for other ways of contacting me (they'll find my email address in my profile pretty quickly) instead of assuming I'm being a jerk and ignoring them.

Your signature includes the bright red words "DO NOT PM ME. Send me email." This appears in all of your posts, and on your profile. The link to send you an email is right next to the one to send you a PM. I'd consider this an idiot filter, myself.

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Quote from: myrkul on April 13, 2013, 08:11:48 PM

You seem to have worked out a valid work-around.

No, you are mistaken.

It doesn't need to be anything nearly as fancy as an auto-response. Simply eliminating the ability for people to send me PMs would be enough -- that would force them to look for other ways of contacting me (they'll find my email address in my profile pretty quickly) instead of assuming I'm being a jerk and ignoring them.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 13, 2013, 08:09:26 PM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 05:00:58 AM

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

So, I guess the answer is "no".

You can prevent people from emailing you by turning off email in your profile, but you can't prevent people from PMing you.

Sad.

You seem to have worked out a valid work-around.

Would be nice if one could set up an autoresponse, though.

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 05:00:58 AM

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

So, I guess the answer is "no".

You can prevent people from emailing you by turning off email in your profile, but you can't prevent people from PMing you.

Sad.

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Quote from: theymos on April 11, 2013, 02:05:14 AM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 01:37:36 AM

Quote from: theymos on April 10, 2013, 06:21:40 PM

You could disable receiving PMs.

How?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/theymos-35
Put a * in the text box.

That doesn't disable PMs, it ignores them. I can already do that. In fact, that's exactly the problem.

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Whoops.

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Quote from: theymos on April 11, 2013, 02:05:14 AM

Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 01:37:36 AM

How?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/theymos-35
Put a * in the text box.

Instead of trying to edit theymos's settings, though, you should probably use this link, instead:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/eldentyrell-42407
Wink

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Quote from: eldentyrell on April 11, 2013, 01:37:36 AM

How?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/theymos-35
Put a * in the text box.

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Quote from: theymos on April 10, 2013, 06:21:40 PM

You could disable receiving PMs.

How?

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