odd thing happening with my PM inbox

[Bedrockshetlands]

I have no unread messages in my inbox but the thingy up the top of my screen is telling me I have Anybody else experienced the same. Have tried logging on and off again but its still there.

[kaz]

Well the PM's I have just been sending you are still showing up as unread even though you have read and replyed to them ! Might be connected !

[Bedrockshetlands]

Its gone now How bizarre.

Maybe I need to clear out my inbox a bit

[Lavender]

Would probably help, if you backed up your messages Which reminds me, I need to do mine ;D

[kermie]

I've never used the back up messages thing before. Just gave it a go and got my PM saying my back up file was ready for downloading from the back up messages page, but when I click the link, it says my file is not ready yet! Weird - I'll leave it just now as I need some sleep and will check it again tomorrow....if I remember!

[kermie]

Okay, I'm confused now!

How do I access the backup? I've now got a message that says

Your personal messages are available to download from the Personal Messages Backup page

so I click on the link to the Personal Messages Backup page and get

From this page you can download a backup of all of your personal messages. You may only use this feature once every 30 days for your account.

Here is the process for downloading a backup of your personal messages:

* Click the button at the bottom of this page labeled "Backup Personal Messages."
* Your account will be added to a queue for processing. The average time for backups being completed is 2 minutes.
* When your personal messages are done being backed up, you will receive a private message in your inbox stating that your messages are ready for downloading.
* You have up to one (1) week to download your backup before it is removed from the server.

Our records show that you backed up your PMs last on Yesterday at 11:00pm. You will be able to use this feature again on Sept 27, 2007, 11:00pm.

But no file to download?!!! Weird! No wonder I never used it before!

[Flyingbuck]

I am getting the same, saying its not ready to download...did you manage to fix yours kermie ?

[kermie]

flyingbuck said:

I am getting the same, saying its not ready to download...did you manage to fix yours kermie ?

Nope - I still have no idea where I am supposed to download the messages from.

[Lavender]

I've done it before and can't remember what happened

[Flyingbuck]

Tut!

[Lavender]

V8kate will know what to do, her hubby must be home just now as she's not been online

[Bedrockshetlands]

I've tried too and having the same problem as Kermie, the message with the download hasn't arrived

[Flyingbuck]

Here's hoping v8kate lets us all in on the secret soon!

[kermie]

I tried it on another proboards forum too and the same thing happened so it's not an issue with this site specifically.