Yeah, I understand that of course they don't know my email address when contacting me through gardenweb. So, I don't really know the solution. And really, I don't mind getting emails asking me about my kitchen -- it's flattering of course. And I always do try to respond right away. It's basically this "identify yourself" process that momj47 mentioned. I'm just not going to go through that. What's the answer? I guess my suggestion is for the emailer to make sure his/her email contact is available through gardenweb, then ask me to answer through that, and then make sure gardenweb is an acceptable sender for the spam filter. IOW, the sender should go to the effort to make sure it's easy for the person replying to get through, not the other way around.

Hi Molie, yes, I can message you, and I've already had my account set for allowing others to contact me (I just double-checked it to be sure!) I guess the person I want to contact does not have their account set up to allow others to contact them. Tamara, I can't even remember how long I've been here, lol! But it was definitely in the days of Spike, and people could definitely contact you - or perhaps I had my account set up that way from the get go and didn't realize I had enabled it. You didn't see anyone's email, but you could contact them through GW and then if they wanted they could respond. Oh well, thanks for the help folks! :) Dee

They must be doing some major work behind the scene. I just wish there was a way to report this kind of problem. I looked and couldn't find any kind of link.

If you have a user name you can type it in the search bar. When you start to type a drop down menu will appear. Select the search in users option. Since you have a Facebook account you can also link your Facebook account to Houzz. on your profile page.