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Message in Outbox [stays there till recipient opens Inbox]

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Hi,

I'm attempting to send a message through the site and they are getting stuck in the outbox. What am I doing wrong?

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The messages in your outbox are only disappearing is the person you're sending them to is willing to open them. Until then, they just remain in your outbox.
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Opening the Inbox I assume; I don't think Sent can be taken as read?
katertjekat wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:23 pm The messages in your outbox are only disappearing is the person you're sending them to is willing to open them. Until then, they just remain in your outbox.
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SexySurgical wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:26 pm Opening the Inbox I assume; I don't think Sent can be taken as read?
katertjekat wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:23 pm The messages in your outbox are only disappearing is the person you're sending them to is willing to open them. Until then, they just remain in your outbox.
As far as I understand, the message really had to be opened by the recipient before it disappears from your outbox.
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Re: Message in Outbox

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https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... #p15031286
Actually, when the recipient is notified, the message is still in the Outbox. I was thinking is stayed in the Outbox until the recipient actually opened the PM, but thecoalman is saying that is not true. I just tested it, and it is true the message moves to "Sent" when the recipient opens their Inbox.
(there are enough forum users who don't bother opening their Inbox when browsing the forum like ever... :rofl: )
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Re: Message in Outbox [stays there till recipient opens Inbox]

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Thanks! Makes sense.
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SexySurgical wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:47 amthere are enough forum users who don't bother opening their Inbox when browsing the forum like ever... :rofl:
Indeed. I've got one message in my outbox that's been there since 2018, even though the recipient still visits the forum nearly every day. :lmao:
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Rommeltje wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:26 am
SexySurgical wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:47 amthere are enough forum users who don't bother opening their Inbox when browsing the forum like ever... :rofl:
Indeed. I've got one message in my outbox that's been there since 2018, even though the recipient still visits the forum nearly every day. :lmao:
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