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Private messages (PM) are bit like email, except they are only available via the site. You can send a PM to any member of the site, if they allow other users to contact them in this way. To send a PM, either click the “PM” button on the users profile or other pages (such as blog or comment) and type in your message.

You can also go to “my Inbox” in your user menu.

Click “Write a new message” and type in the username in the “To” box – this will auto-fill in when you type a few characters (if you have JavaScript enabled).

You can create any number of folders in which to keep your messages. You already have two folders – Inbox and Sent Items. All operations on messages are done by selecting the message(s) and then doing the operation, such as delete or move to folder. Once messages are deleted they cannot be retrieved.