# Do you have it set on here so you get a pop up box whenever you get a PM? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 18, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541 "2016-04-18T07:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/1 "2016-04-18T07:03:56Z")
Just curious. I don’t. I turned it off ages ago. In fact, when I register on a new message board, that’s one of the first things I turn off in the user CP. I think the default is it being on, though. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/2 "2016-04-18T10:35:38Z")
I do (I think). But then I’m a nobody and getting a message is a (momentarily) exciting and infrequent event, so I’d hate to miss out! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/3 "2016-04-18T10:38:06Z")
I turned it on many years ago after it took me several days to notice that I had received a PM. After becoming a mod I also changed it to also send me an e-mail so that I’ll notice it even faster. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/4 "2016-04-18T11:11:15Z")
No - my “landing page” for the SDMB is the User Control Panel. PMs show up at the top of the subscribed threads list. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/5 "2016-04-18T12:51:08Z")
Yes, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/6 "2016-04-18T13:36:13Z")
Didn’t even know that was an option. I just rely on the “private message” alert at the upper right hand corner. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/7 "2016-04-18T15:33:00Z")
I, also, never knew that was an option. I get an email whenever I have a PM, which is very rare. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/8 "2016-04-18T15:53:25Z")
I have the pop-up turned on, but I shut off the email notification when I turned civilian. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/9 "2016-04-18T16:17:15Z")
Forthwith and a swift tally-ho! Yea, my Kind Sir, doth of the being of the on, per se, it is of the being it is, shall we say. Snooch to the nooch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/10 "2016-04-18T16:27:18Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Didn’t even know that was an option. I just rely on the “private message” alert at the upper right hand corner. I have the pop-up enabled because I never think to look there. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541/11 "2016-04-19T20:52:07Z")
I didn’t even know turning it off was an option, so yes. I could probably stand to turn it off since I default to the User CP page and I hate prompts.