How To: Private Messages

Occasionally you may want to converse with another user privately. There are several places from which you may send a private message.

From The Fishing Report Forum

1. Navigate to a user's thread.

2. Above that user's avatar, you will see two buttons – the user’s name to view their Partner Finder Profile and an envelope () to "Send Private Message."

3. Click the "" button. The message window will pop open.

4. Add a subject line, the full text of your message, and click send.

5. To reply to a message, DO NOT REPLY TO THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION. The user will not receive your message. You MUST reply from your message center.

From The Message Center

1. Navigate to your Message Center by clicking the “Messages” tab at the top of the webpage, it is present in the header of every page.

2. Click "Compose" to activate the Private Message dialog.

3. Enter the username of your recipient, subject line, and message text.

4. Click "Submit" when you are ready.

5. To reply to a message, DO NOT REPLY TO THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION. The user will not receive your message. You MUST reply from your message center.

Access And Manage Your Message Center

Access your message center

1. In the header of every page, you will see your message count with the “Messages” tab. Click on the tab and your message count to be directed to your message center.

Delete private messages

1. Navigate to your message center.

2. You have two options to delete a message. When viewing your full list of messages, you will see a checkbox next to each message name. Check the box next to the message you would like to delete and click the trash icon "Move to Trash" button at the top of the list.

3. You can also delete the message by clicking the "Move to Trash" button at the top or bottom of the expanded thread.

4. To delete your private messages from the Trash folder, you will see a checkbox next to each message name. Check the box next to the message you would like to delete and click the trash icon "Empty Trash" button at the top of the list.

Moving private messages to folders

1. Navigate to your message center.

2. To the left of your message list, you will see links to manage folders; such as, Important, Reminding, Draft, Sent Messages, Archives, All Messages & Trash.

3. From these folders, you will be able to view all your existing messages.

4. View the message list where you would like to move messages.

5. Check the box to the left of the name of the message you would like to move.

6. From the "Move To" menu at the top, select the folder where you would like to move your message to.

7. Your message will be moved.

8. Please note at this time you cannot move messages from your Sent folder to any other folder.

Move private messages

1. Navigate to your message center.

2. View the message list where you would like to move messages.

3. Check the box to the left of the name of the message you would like to move.

4. From the "Move To" menu at the top, select the folder where you would like to move your message to. Please note from this menu, you may create a new folder during this step.

5. Your message will be moved.

6. Please note you cannot move messages from your Sent folder to any other folder.