# Private Message Weirdness

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-message-weirdness/478151
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-message-weirdness/478151 "2008-12-21T03:39:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-message-weirdness/478151/1 "2008-12-21T03:39:16Z")

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My private message box won’t update. I just got a new message, and I’ve read it and replied to it, but I still get the new message alert every time I load a new page. Also, I deleted 8 old messages and they’re still showing up in the inbox.

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### 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: [December 21, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-message-weirdness/478151/2 "2008-12-21T03:42:32Z")

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Neither will posts appear or new topics appear. The board is just on the fritz right now.