# How do I turn my PM's on?

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**Created:** [April 20, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696 "2009-04-20T04:22:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696/1 "2009-04-20T04:22:11Z")

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Apparently I have them off, but I have no idea how to turn them. Help appreciated!

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696/2 "2009-04-20T05:00:45Z")

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Click on the User CP in the upper left. Select “edit options” and scroll down to “enable private messaging.”

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**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696/3 "2009-04-20T05:06:16Z")

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Good graces, thank you. Too easy, yet so hard 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696/4 "2009-04-20T08:53:23Z")

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I’m going to send you a PM right now, so if you don’t get it, let me know.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696/5 "2009-04-20T12:07:51Z")

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> [@mariposalabrown](#):
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> **How do I turn my PM’s on?**

Talk dirty to them.

Sorry, couldn’t resist. At first I thought it said PMS