PM Question

[Oldgringo]

On occassion, I receive a PM and good breeding requires an acknowledgement - one way or another. Last night a forum friend sent a PM which I answered.

This morning my User Control Panel indicates my response is still in My Outbox and not in the Sent Message file. How come; IOW, what's up with that?

Thanks.

[The Annoyed Man]

You probably hit the "save" button instead of the "submit" button. They're right next to each other.

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

It will remain in your outbox until it is read by the person you sent it to.

[The Annoyed Man]

It will remain in your outbox until it is read by the person you sent it to.

I was just going to come back and post that, after realizing that I had 3 messages in my outbox too.

[Oldgringo]

It will remain in your outbox until it is read by the person you sent it to.

I was just going to come back and post that, after realizing that I had 3 messages in my outbox too.

A simple and satisfactory answer. Thank you both.

Now I'll go find something else to worry about.

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

Not a problem.

[Ropin]

Most forums that I've frequented, it doesn't matter if the recipient reads the message or not; it leaves your outbox when they log on the next time.

I say this only to ward off any potential upsets over "I know you read it, why haven't you responded? Clearly, your father was a hamster and your mother smelt of elderberries! Now respond, or I shall be forced to insult you again!" scenario. (pardon the Monty Python reference.)

IANAWG (web guru), so I don't know that this forum's PM system works in the same fashion.