Hello Everyone, This is a HEADS UP about how we are now able to PM/private message each other WITHOUT needing to “follow” each other first! A few days ago Misty discovered they had changed their messaging system so we are now able to change our settings to enable ANYONE to PM us anytime they want to. Misty copied a screen shot of the settings which are on the “your houzz” page under “edit profile,” and then under the “advanced settings,” the same place you go to change your settings so you don’t wind up under a Landslide of Mail! Misty explained it very well on the “RMG – How do I do it” page, so I’m gonna just link that here. On the Olde RMG I would have just said to go down to the post on such-and-such a date, but with the new “hours ago” system, that’s kind of hard to do!!! Right now it says “last Friday at 4:21PM,” but when that “changes over” to a date, it should say something like, February 20…at…! But it’s easy to find, ‘cause it’s the post with the settings screenshot in it!!! Here’s a link to that thread—and just in case the URL copied here doesn’t work this time, I’m gonna put the link in the “little box” too! http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2836905/rmg-how-do-i-do-it-where-do-i-find-it HOW DOES THE NEW PM SYSTEM WORK? Misty, in the post under the screenshot post explained this, and I’m gonna explain it here too to try to get the message to as many people as possible. When you PM someone thru houzz you’ll get an email that says “you have a message.” Then you’ll need to click on the link in the email and will be taken to houzz and (I think) directly to your inbox, or if not there, go there! THAT’S where you’ll be able to read the message someone has sent you! THIS IS IMPORTANT! The ADDRESS OF THE PERSON PMing YOU WILL NOT be in the message, so when you PM somebody thru houzz you’ll need to be sure to remember to put your email address in the body of the message, or they won’t be able to reply to you! Then you’ll get all mad or hurt ‘cause they didn’t reply to you—so remember to put your address IN your message! With this feature now enabled, WE SHOULDN’T NEED TO HAVE ZACH COLLECTING EMAIL ADDRESSES ANYMORE! So, unless Zach comes and posts differently, you don’t need to send your address to him anymore—unless you want to for some reason! [If you think you might want to email him about something, sometime, the easiest way to do it would be to save his address now!] Zach, thank you again for being willing to help us try to get Our Own Private Message System going here! Glad we don’t need to do it anymore because it’ll be a whole lot easier to do it this way! If anyone is having a problem figuring the new system out, please come here and post! We’ll all do our best to help! Really glad to see folks are gradually straggling in here at the New RMG, Skybird P.S. I have unchecked that “Allow users to follow my profile” box that’s in the screenshot, so, I believe if anyone should try to “follow me,” it wouldn’t work! Just don’t want somebody to think I’m “rejecting” them if they should try to “follow” me! It’s just that I’m an antisocial—um, I don’t think that’s quite the right word—I’m an Unsocial—guess that’s not quite right either! But I think you get the point! I have chosen, big time, to “not participate” in “social” media! I said it this way to someone recently: “I liked it a lot when we (GW/RMG) were our own Peaceful Little Island in the middle of all the multi-tasking hustle and bustle of the Modern World!” And even with the new “social media format” we have now, I hope we’re able to maintain our “peaceful little island” feel here! RMG- How do I do it thread

Hi bemonkey, I have graanieb's (Bea's) email address, so I'll email her and let her know to contact you, and point her to the post about members now being able to message other members, if they are set up to do so. Sue...resident busy body

Hi Gary, I just heard from one of our engineers. We've got some changes happening with our emails this week that may be affecting notifications this way, but it should be corrected by the end of the week. Can you let me know if this is still happening to you next week?

Great idea that you suggest... although unlikely to occur imho :/ So giving just a shred of forum courtesy would be keeping the "debate" it in one thread on topic, where one can choose to read it or not... as opposed to taking over someone else's thread every time hvx is mentioned.