PMs Sitting in the Outbox for Hours

Born2BBrad · Post by **Born2BBrad** » August 15th, 2013, 3:31 pm

Just curious, is it typical for PMs to sit in the outbox for many hours after sending? All of mine seem to do that, sometimes staying in the outbox overnight.

Peder · Post by **Peder** » August 15th, 2013, 3:54 pm

Brad - The PM will sit in the outbox till the recipient opens the message. So if you PM a person who never opens their PMs, it will sit there forever!

kepPNW · Post by **kepPNW** » August 15th, 2013, 3:56 pm

What Peder said. That offers several advantages. You have a defacto "read receipt" mechanism, of course, but you also have the opportunity to edit or recall a message you later felt needed such attention.

Born2BBrad · Post by **Born2BBrad** » August 15th, 2013, 5:18 pm

Aaahhh.

That makes sense now. Am I the only one who didn't know that?

kepPNW · Post by **kepPNW** » August 15th, 2013, 5:23 pm

Doubt it. I had to ask, too.

Martell · Post by **Martell** » August 16th, 2013, 9:29 am

Actually, all PMs are sent to a printer in an undisclosed location in the Gorge. Tom hikes to the printer, picks it up, and hand-carries them back to his house, re-typing them for the recipient (after making carbon copies for various government organizations). Sometimes it takes him overnight, but we are working on that.

BrianEdwards · Post by **BrianEdwards** » August 16th, 2013, 9:48 am

Cheap labor

Guy · Post by **Guy** » August 16th, 2013, 10:10 am

Actually, all PMs are sent to a printer in an undisclosed location in the Gorge. Tom hikes to the printer, picks it up, and hand-carries them back to his house, re-typing them for the recipient (after making carbon copies for various government organizations). Sometimes it takes him overnight, but we are working on that.

Grannyhiker · Post by **Grannyhiker** » August 16th, 2013, 2:34 pm

Peder · Post by **Peder** » August 16th, 2013, 3:48 pm

Martell wrote:Actually, all PMs are sent to a printer in an undisclosed location in the Gorge. Tom hikes to the printer, picks it up, and hand-carries them back to his house, re-typing them for the recipient (after making carbon copies for various government organizations). Sometimes it takes him overnight, but we are working on that.

No wonder that Tom only rarely has time to do "real" hikes!

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