I think there must be as in my profile I have something called messages on one of the tabs. No idea how to do it though.

Can't you just click on that "email" button?

PMs are done on one's Profile page. But only if the person has it turned on.

In the Advance Settings of your profile you need to have "Allow users to message me"in order to receive PMs

the email button just emails out the Houzz link as a publicity thing. So you can't message someone who is not following you?

OK my messages are enabled. Can someone else who is enabled message me and I can message them back? (without following each other)

When I go to your profile page there is no Messages tab so I cannot message you. I can try following you and test again. Was going to follow you anyway!

Ok...go to your profile, then click advanced settings (on the left), you will see a box for "allow users to message me". I guess that would need to be checked in order for someone to send you a message.

Oh...whoops....I see in your previous comment that you already did that! Sorry!

It looks like you can only message someone that is following you.

So, bbtrix and I experimented a bit. It is just as sena01 said in the very first reply to my question.

1. bbtrix first followed me. We both had messages enabled.

2. I was able to message her since I could see her message tab. I had not yet followed her.

3. She was able to message me back but could not separately see my message tab to send me a fresh message.

4. Once I followed her, she could see my message tab.

In summary, you can't message anyone that doesn't follow you, unless you follow them and they message you first. What a pain! I am going to ask for a change to this on the Tamara thread.

That seems ridiculous! Hopefully they will make some changes to that.

I hope they make this change also.

Hi there,

Currently, you are correct, in order to receive message from someone, you must be following them. This is a spam prevention measure, since if you are following someone, there is a presumed relationship there.

We are looking at possibilities for expanding this, so stay tuned. (Thanks for the feedback, too)

I saw that messaging is back! Hurray!

Thank you Houzz!

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Go tohttps://www.houzz.com/editProfile Edit Profile -> Advanced Settings -> Privacy Settings -> Who can message me -> select "Allow anyone to message me" (near bottom of page)

can someone confirm this by messaging me without following me?

scrappy25, because you are the OP of this thread, there is a place under your initial post where I can send you an email/message. But, if I click on your name in a subsequent post, which sends me to your personal page, I don't see anywhere to message you. Sometimes you want to send a message to a poster in a thread who isn't the OP.

thanks Linelle, so only partially fixed. You are right, I most often pm someone who is not the OP since it is usually something in their reply that triggers my interest, and I don't want to hijack the thread. Back to the ask Tamara thread for this.

I tried it, but I think the Email icon under scrappy25's original post is only to email somebody a link to this thread. The message in the box says "Take a look at this interesting discussion I found on Houzz, and let me know what you think." It's apparently not a way to message the OP.

I can't see anyway to message you so far, scrappy25, and I have turned on my option for messages.

We're getting closer, at least :)

Linelle, are you looking at messaging me after you click on my username or the email button on the original post? Perhaps it is not fixed at all. Sorry to keep asking others to check but I can't check it myself.

Mudhouse, you are correct. I didn't notice that It was just to send a link about the discussion. That seems to me to have limited applicability.

Scrappy, yes, I'm trying to message you by clicking on your username in comments you've made subsequent to your original post. As I might to someone else participating in the discussion. I too changed my setting so I could receive a message. Now the trick is how to send one.

Possibly this is something they have to roll out in stages. I'm encouraged by the general direction, as Errant says.

thanks Linelle and mudhouse. Sadly it seems that messaging is NOT fixed after all, not even partially.

Hi scrappy25 - when you changed your setting, did you hit the "Update" button at the bottom of the settings page? I missed that at first.

Scrappy, your messaging button is still not visible. Can you check your setting? When I click on eaga's, mudhouse's, and Linelle's icons I am able to message them.