How To: send a Private Message (PM)

[maxd]

One of the great features of the forums is the ability to send anyone a Private Message (PM) which — surprise! surprise! — initiates a private conversation with them. And we do mean private! Staff can’t see Conversations — unless you invite us in, or Report one — so your business is your business. How can you avail yourself of this incredible feature?

It’s simple really, just find the person’s name somewhere. For instance if you see them in a forum thread:



Or listed on the forums somewhere:



Usually you only need to hover over their name and you’ll get a pop-up that looks like this:



So, yeah, when you see “Send Private Message” you know what to do.

Sometimes — certain contexts — you get one of these instead:



And that’ll take you to a pop-up — like conker’s above — where the “Send Private Message” button awaits your delicate touch.

That’s about it really. Enjoy!

Oh, before returning you to your regular programming, I should mention this: don’t use PMs to spam people! That’ll get you booted to the curb with extreme prejudice. In fact we'll take no small pleasure in doing so because spamming by PM is a BAD thing to do. Forever and always we invite anyone who has received PM spam to Report it to us without hesitation: Report a post. Why would you? Why should you? - Casinomeister Forum .

Regards,

Max Drayman
Senior Forum Moderator

 

[jasonuk]

Is there a minimum number of posts required to PM? Given the number of brand new members (first or second post) having issues with sending private messages to reps, I assume there is a minimum as an anti-spam defence?

 

[GourdFollower]

Is there a minimum number of posts required to PM? Given the number of brand new members (first or second post) having issues with sending private messages to reps, I assume there is a minimum as an anti-spam defence?

Excellent question! Yes, there is and this is indeed an anti-spam measure.

If a newbie wants to send a PM, we ask them to post in the Introduce Yourself forum and explore and comment on a few threads of interest first.

It's a way for us to get to know them a little before we let them loose on the PMs.