# Has PM stoped working?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572
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**Created:** [September 14, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572 "2008-09-14T16:48:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572/1 "2008-09-14T16:48:50Z")
I’ve sent a couple of PMs and apparently been sent a couple of PMs and they’re not showing up anywhere.
My PM box is not full.
Just FYI incase there’s a glitch…
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572/2 "2008-09-14T23:24:01Z")
I just received a PM and just sent one without any problems, so no.
Any other reports?
Not sure what’s up with that.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572/3 "2008-09-14T23:45:52Z")
I’ve had about 50 in the last few days for the game I am running. It is working well for me. (Except I need a bigger box, 50 is too few!)
(Yes I archive it and then delete, but I would love to store more between cleanings)
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### Author:  [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572/4 "2008-09-15T09:49:25Z")
I sent and received a pair of PM’s yesterday, sandwiched around your time of posting – so it’s not inherently broken.
That said, I **believe** \* that VBulletin may “drop” PM’s during peak load times, rather than compromise other board functionalities, as a first recourse – so that may be what happened to you. Although _several_ PM’s going MIA, at different times, strains credulity – so I guess I got nuttin’ really…
Just to see if things are working for you now, maybe you could try to PM me and I’ll answer you back if and when I get it? (I’d just go ahead and PM you as a test, but I’d rather not do that without permission.)
\*IANAM,A or VBT (Mod, Admin or VB Techie) nor do I play one on TV or anywhere else. This opinion is therefore worth $0.02 less than I think it is, and exactly what you paid for it…
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### Author:  [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-pm-stoped-working/463572/5 "2008-09-15T10:02:56Z")
Make sure the board didn’t go haywire and turn off your “allow PMs” feature.