old PM's........

bob1961

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• Aug 7, 2013

• #1

I have old pm's that I deleted and got sent to my trash folder, but how do I completely delete them away for good ??....

 

s2k9k

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• Aug 7, 2013

• #2

Why?
Don't open your trash folder.
I think after some time they will drop off automatically.

 

bob1961

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• Aug 7, 2013

• #3

oldest is from may 2010, how many years do they take to go away :biggrin: ....

 

s2k9k

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• Aug 7, 2013

• #4

I don't know. I just checked mine and the oldest is from March 2013 and I know I had PM's from way before that.
Hmmmm I will have to ask an Admin and get back to you.

 

themule69

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• Aug 7, 2013

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Don't say anything in a PM that you don't want someone to find

 

daveomak

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• Aug 8, 2013

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Bob, morning.....   Anything you put on a forum, or u-tube, or facebook....etc... instantly becomes the property of the host.....   besides that, the gummint is storing it somewhere also.....  NOTHING can be deleted.....   like mule posted.. Don't say anything in a PM that you don't want someone to find

 

pineywoods

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• Aug 8, 2013

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I think the system stores the deleted Pm's in the trash file in case you delete a PM you didn't mean to. The Pm's are deleted from the trash can as more Pm's are deleted. In other words it holds lets say 20 deleted Pm's if you delete a PM today it goes to the trash can and the oldest one in the trash can disappears. I don't actually know how many it holds but it is a preset number. At least this is what I was once told

 

bob1961

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• Aug 8, 2013

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I just like to keep things cleaned up, I don't do or say anything illegal....just like to clean out my trash folder, I can do it every other forum I go to....one forum we only have a 50 PM limit then we can't get any more pm's until we clean up old pm's....