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# You have 0 unread messages and 4 total messages in all your folders. :rolleyes:
I have been through inbox, sent, and message tracking, traced everything back to the beginning, and deleted everything, yet those 4 messages still remain. Could anyone please enlighten me on what they are, and how to review/remove them? Thanks!
try deleting your cookies
/me shrugs
You didn't maybe add a folder or something? I wouldn't worry about it if you can't find them. It's not like it's hurting anything, although it is a little strange that it would say you you have 4 messages somewhere when you don't. I say make sure you didn't make a new folder, and if not, maybe someone here will look into it, but it shouldn't be a big deal if they don't. Good luck getting rid of the ghost messages.
Yep, no new folders. Trash and cookies all deleted Er0k, and they're still there. They've been there since the first day I signed up. No biggie as they're only taking up .8 percent of my allowed space here, but it's still annoying.
I had a similar issue back when JP ran the site, and he did some messy patch to *prevent* it. I managed to put PM's into unnamed folders that didn't exist and didn't show up anywhere. But I found a way to recover them.
How to remedy the issue:
Make about 5 new folders for PM's. Check them until you find the "invisible" PM's. If that doesn't work, delete the folders, and make 15 of them. It should be in one of them. What happens after you make the folders is that it now has a name to show its contents...
...anyways, give it a shot. If that doesn't solve it...I don't know what else you could do...
The other option is to PM mnstrgrl and she can look into it. It might be indicative of an unknown unique bug.
Its been that way for as long as I can remember...
If you logout and back in, they will be gone.
It will also reset itself after some time... but I'm not sure how much time... I want to say like a half hour or so... but I've never timed it.
http://www.antionline.com/member.php?s=&action=logout
That will reset your "new messages" and "new antipoints" after you've checked them...
A lot of people never log out... (myself included unless I'm on a shared PC).
he's talking about something different pp80.
He has nothing in any folders in his pm stuff, and yet still there are 4 "ghost" messages.
ah... misunderstood...
mah bad :)
Ok, so far here's what's been done to no result -
logged out/in. messages still there
logged out, deleted cookies, logged in. messages still there
created 5 new boxes, then deleted them. messages still there
created 15 new boxes, then deleted them. messages still there.
I'm now going to eat my own head, then after swallowing my pride, pm mnstrgrl to see if she's got a fix or if I discovered something cool and unusual... I'll keep you posted.
Hmmm not sure....I dont seem to have this problem all my messages are accounted for.
Probably irrelevant, but go into your messages and look at the "message tracking" option. Might those 4 be messages that have not been flagged as read by the recipient?
That could cause them to "hang around" in the system, even after you have deleted them.
just a wild guess :)
might have been - doesn't the 'stop tracking' button end that though when it deletes them from the message tracking folder?
Maybe that is the "bug"..................something odd like a user getting banned before they reply or putting you or you putting them on the ignore list.
:rolleyes: Some days even wearing your lucky rocketship underpants doesn't help. :rolleyes:
I hesitated hard before making this final post here, but decided that for the best interest of other AO members who might suffer the major brainfartitis I suffered from yesterday the solution might help.
mnstrgrl solved the problem.
mnstrgrl in her infinite wisdom sent me a one line solution by PM, and caused me to admit publicly that I too am capable of newbie mistakes.
mnstrgrl told me to check my sent messages folder.
I deleted the 4 mystery messages. Problem solved.
/me blushes, furiously. :rolleyes:
The benifits of KISS. Keep it simple stupid. Lmao
That was my initial guess after reading the first line but you said you checked the folder so I didn't post thinking it was a weird internal problem but glad you figured it out, even though it was that simple. =PQuote:
Originally posted here by |3lack|ce
# You have 0 unread messages and 4 total messages in all your folders. :rolleyes:
I have been through inbox, sent, and message tracking, traced everything back to the beginning, and deleted everything, yet those 4 messages still remain. Could anyone please enlighten me on what they are, and how to review/remove them? Thanks!
A few hours later:
I couldn't resist:
Just a tiny PM:
Now I wonder just how many PM's he has NOW ...............
ROFL :D
Just got a couple off that believe it or not. Amazingly enough I've been razzed more here. I guess folks realize that 'stupid mistakes' happen every now and then. That's how we got the old 1=2 algebra equation with the nifty lil division by zero error hidden within it, how the Dems nominated Kerry, and how Florida can't count. Ah well. Razz away guys, I deserve it. Oh, send a hurricaine this way. We need the rain. Durrrrrrrrrrr.