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  1. Apr 17th, 2005, 06:48 PM #1
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    PM message size

    Ok - I'm probably a "long talker" (I think there are SNL skits about me)...

    But 2000 bytes is simply not enough - I've overloaded that on several PM's in the past.

    This time I at least realized I could COPY/PASTE it into multiple messages!

    How about a boost to 4000 - maybe for people with a certain post count level at least?

    Please?

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  2. Apr 17th, 2005, 07:13 PM #2
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    Re: PM message size

    Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
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    I will be brief.
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    Re: PM message size

    Marty - getting a response from you first is pretty much a NO!

    Oh well...

    I get e-mails from people sometimes - and I do not like to respond in the e-mail realm - the forum is more appropriate for sharing information.

    I'll cope

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    Re: PM message size

    Quote Originally Posted by MartinLiss
    Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
    And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
    I will be brief.
    ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet
    The real funny part is, it takes him three lines to say "I'll keep this short."
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    Re: PM message size

    The size had been bumped up in the past. I agree with Marty -- Private messages should be kept short. After all, it is the public sharing of information that makes the forum valuable to all of us!

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    Re: PM message size

    Quote Originally Posted by brad jones
    The size had been bumped up in the past. I agree with Marty -- Private messages should be kept short. After all, it is the public sharing of information that makes the forum valuable to all of us!

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    I agree.

    That's basically the way I started the PM - telling the person we should do it on board so everyone could benefit...

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  8. Apr 18th, 2005, 06:05 AM #7
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    Re: PM message size

    Quote Originally Posted by szlamany
    I agree.

    That's basically the way I started the PM - telling the person we should do it on board so everyone could benefit...
    Actually, when I get a PM, what you just posted is all I ever say. Marty and Brad could shorten the length, and it wouldn't have much affect on me. When I first joined, I used to ramble on and answer PM questions to the best of my ability until it suddenly dawned on me that only one person was ever going to read what I was posting, and that, as has been pointed out, defeats the purpose of the forums.
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