[bruceM]

Below some postings there is an 'email' icon, and a 'PM' icon, by which someone reading the posting can reply directly to the poster by either email or 'private message' without a new posting appearing in the thread. Without these options, the only way to get in touch with a poster is to reply to the post and add another message to the thread. So, 1) how does one get these option to appear below a posting, and 2) how do they work? They must both send out an email message of some kind? To which address?

[Webmaster]

As far as I can tell, the buttons always appear when you are reading a post. Except if the original poster has "no contact" turned in in their setup (I'd have to look into that).

"Email" sends your message to their email address (which stays hidden from you). "Private message" doesn't use the email address, it leaves a private message on the board for them, but they won't see it until they visit next. Depending on their settings, they may get an alert from the board that there is a message waiting - again, would have to look into the settings options to see if that is available.

Roy