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PM stuck in outbox
Posted: 2016-05-20, 9:32 pm

simple_fun
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Hello

My PM which I sent are sometimes stuck in outbox for hours or days. Why does it get stuck in outbox for so long. What can I do to sent those PMs?

Thanks
simplefun
Re: PM stuck in outbox
Posted: 2016-05-21, 5:42 pm

retro Power Kat
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They usually show in the outbox untill the person you've sent the message to opens it, so it could be the person you messaged hadn't seen it for a while.
Re: PM stuck in outbox
Posted: 2016-05-21, 11:59 pm

simple_fun
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Oh ok. So does it mean that the message has been sent but the other person has not yet read it and thats why its shown in outbox or it means that message has not yet been sent? Can anyone please let me know what exactly Outbox means here?
Re: PM stuck in outbox
Posted: 2016-05-22, 8:24 pm

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simple_fun wrote:
Oh ok. So does it mean that the message has been sent but the other person has not yet read it and thats why its shown in outbox or it means that message has not yet been sent? Can anyone please let me know what exactly Outbox means here?


A message still in your outbox means that the recipient has not read it yet.

You have to reconsider your definition of "sent" here. We're not talking about internet email, where a message travels across multiple nodes to reach its destination, and is "out of your hands" as soon as you click the send button. Here, it's just records in a database, residing on a single server. So, phpBB makes the distinction between messages in the outbox and "sent" messages, as confusing as that may be. When a message is in your outbox, you can still edit (or delete) it since the recipient hasn't read it yet. Once it moves to your "sent" messages (because the recipient has read it), you can't, obviously.

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Re: PM stuck in outbox
Posted: 2016-05-22, 9:32 pm

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Ok. Thanks for the clarification. I got confused by the normal 'Outbox' in internet emails, but now I understand. Thanks again.

Cheers
Simplefun


BlutoBlutarsky wrote:
simple_fun wrote:
Oh ok. So does it mean that the message has been sent but the other person has not yet read it and thats why its shown in outbox or it means that message has not yet been sent? Can anyone please let me know what exactly Outbox means here?


A message still in your outbox means that the recipient has not read it yet.

You have to reconsider your definition of "sent" here. We're not talking about internet email, where a message travels across multiple nodes to reach its destination, and is "out of your hands" as soon as you click the send button. Here, it's just records in a database, residing on a single server. So, phpBB makes the distinction between messages in the outbox and "sent" messages, as confusing as that may be. When a message is in your outbox, you can still edit (or delete) it since the recipient hasn't read it yet. Once it moves to your "sent" messages (because the recipient has read it), you can't, obviously.
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