Cleaning Private Message List

[bradmar48]

Is there a way to clean your private message list on the 54 Board
where you can select some messages to delete and leave others?

Keith

[EvilKing00]

sure - go to your PM's. There are sent or inbox. Choose one, then to the left you can fill in the "Boxes" of the messages you want to remove. Once filled in, scroll toward the bottom, right side there are words that say - "Selected Messages" to the right of that there is an arrow - drop down click on it. Select DELETE - then click, "GO" next to it.

[bradmar48]

Thanks Steve.
I've cleaned my messages.
I had a feeling there had to be a delete button somewhere.

Keith

[EvilKing00]

No problem, anytime. Merry Christmas

[the 'stache]

You can also do what I do, which is to save your private messages. You can download them all, and save them to your computer. Check all the messages (click the one box at the top of the list to select them all), and them export as an xml file.

Search Google for a program called vBulletin PM reader (on Softpedia). You can import that xml file, and create a database that has all your old messages (the first time you run the program, it will ask you to make a new database). Then, you import the xml file. When you go to download more messages, you basically repeat the process, then import the new xml file into your existing database. VERY IMPORTANT! The first couple of times you do it (and actually, I would recommend doing this every time you go to import new messages), make a backup of the existing database, and put it somewhere out of harm's way.

I do this for records of any trades I do, and that's helpful until I go through Paypal and document everything. Plus, I can have so many discussions going on with different forum members over time, and sometimes my brain needs a good smacking around. Being able to look at old messages (you can sort by message sender) is a great way to refresh my memory.

I love that program. 200 messages is a good size (thanks again, Leon!). But I've had to archive messages 3 or 4 times now. That tells you how much I like to talk. http://www.williamgregory.net/images/laughing.gif

I hope this helps!