Private Messages - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 12-17-2002, 09:34 PM

To help speed the forum up, we are asking that everyone check their Private Messages and follow these guidelines:

1) Send an e-mail instead of a PM if you can
2) Delete old PMs

By cleaning up your Private Messages, you will be doing everyone a favor, including yourself.

Thank!
The Barrow-Downs Management

Lush · 12-17-2002, 10:25 PM

Right-o, our fearless leader. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Is this a bandwidth issue?

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 12-17-2002, 10:58 PM

It's not so much a bandwidth issue as a performance issue. The forum will load faster if there are less files to process. Plus, it will make backups much, much smaller and easier to do. And backups are very important for the integrity of the site,

VanimaEdhel · 12-18-2002, 06:32 PM

*Salutes* Aye, aye, captain, oh faithful leader! Will do...

Elendur · 12-18-2002, 09:27 PM

I deleted all 3 of my PMs. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Mr. BW, would you mind telling me how much space this forum takes up and how much bandwidth is used to keep it going every month? I am wondering because I happen to have an internet host right now that gives me unlimited space to store things and a 15gb a month limit for uploading and downloading put together. Me and my brother are not using the host alot, so there might be a small chance I could atleast help. Don't get your hopes up, though, because I don't know what he'll think. Im just wondering if my help would be noticeable.

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 12-18-2002, 09:30 PM

Thanks for the offer, Elendur, but space and bandwidth are not the concern. Speed is. We can only improve this by getting rid of files that aren't being used. PMs make up a great lot of unused files. If people will delete them once they are read, everything will be great.

Aragorn2002 · 12-19-2002, 07:50 AM

Ok, thanks for the notification BW.
________
Threesome Bathroom

Amanaduial the archer · 12-25-2002, 04:47 PM

Oh man, I have so much deleting to do...I think I still have my first PM....and I should not have admitted to that in public. Nicgh.

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 12-26-2002, 04:38 PM

I keep my PMs like I keep my home: nothing gets thrown away. Bilbo and I have quite a lot in common. I visualize him harrying Sam for even so much as moving anything.

Oh... all right. *delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete*

-Maril

VanimaEdhel · 12-27-2002, 05:22 PM

Maril: you don't respond to them? Because they disappear into the Blue Mists when you respond (okay, they zip over to the other person's account, but the Blue Mists are more fun)...

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 12-28-2002, 02:03 AM

Well, there is a way to respond to them without sending Your copy to the other person. But I think I'd better not dig my grave any deeper by being more specific about, given we are trying to break such *ahem* bad habits... *delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete...*

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Maril

Susan Delgado · 12-28-2002, 02:19 AM

Yah...I reduced mine from fifty to fifteen and they're already back up to thirty [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

burrahobbit · 12-28-2002, 03:43 AM

I FEEL SO UNLOVED.

dragoneyes · 12-28-2002, 03:49 AM

Yeah, same here, I've not had any new ones for a month.

HerenIstarion · 12-28-2002, 04:12 AM

Burra, check your PM [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

burrahobbit · 12-28-2002, 04:21 AM

Your so kind I love you!

VanimaEdhel · 12-31-2002, 05:49 PM

Burra, dragon, both check your PM's...and Happy New Year!

dragoneyes · 12-31-2002, 05:59 PM

Thankyou both!
*Hugs Vanima and H-I*

2 minutes!

12-17-2002, 09:34 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,058	Private Messages To help speed the forum up, we are asking that everyone check their Private Messages and follow these guidelines: 1) Send an e-mail instead of a PM if you can 2) Delete old PMs By cleaning up your Private Messages, you will be doing everyone a favor, including yourself. Thank! The Barrow-Downs Management __________________ The Barrow-Wight

12-17-2002, 10:25 PM	#2
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,803	Right-o, our fearless leader. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Is this a bandwidth issue? __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

12-17-2002, 10:58 PM	#3
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,058	It's not so much a bandwidth issue as a performance issue. The forum will load faster if there are less files to process. Plus, it will make backups much, much smaller and easier to do. And backups are very important for the integrity of the site, __________________ The Barrow-Wight

12-18-2002, 06:32 PM	#4
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,473	Salutes Aye, aye, captain, oh faithful leader! Will do... __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

12-18-2002, 09:27 PM	#5
Elendur Wight Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Arnor Posts: 200	I deleted all 3 of my PMs. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Mr. BW, would you mind telling me how much space this forum takes up and how much bandwidth is used to keep it going every month? I am wondering because I happen to have an internet host right now that gives me unlimited space to store things and a 15gb a month limit for uploading and downloading put together. Me and my brother are not using the host alot, so there might be a small chance I could atleast help. Don't get your hopes up, though, because I don't know what he'll think. Im just wondering if my help would be noticeable. __________________ Son of Isildur.

12-18-2002, 09:30 PM	#6
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,058	Thanks for the offer, Elendur, but space and bandwidth are not the concern. Speed is. We can only improve this by getting rid of files that aren't being used. PMs make up a great lot of unused files. If people will delete them once they are read, everything will be great. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

12-19-2002, 07:50 AM	#7
Aragorn2002 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: US Posts: 91	Ok, thanks for the notification BW. ________ Threesome Bathroom Last edited by Aragorn2002; 04-15-2011 at 03:15 AM.

12-25-2002, 04:47 PM	#8
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,397	Oh man, I have so much deleting to do...I think I still have my first PM....and I should not have admitted to that in public. Nicgh. __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

12-26-2002, 04:38 PM	#9
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	I keep my PMs like I keep my home: nothing gets thrown away. Bilbo and I have quite a lot in common. I visualize him harrying Sam for even so much as moving anything. Oh... all right. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete -Maril __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?

12-27-2002, 05:22 PM	#10
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,473	Maril: you don't respond to them? Because they disappear into the Blue Mists when you respond (okay, they zip over to the other person's account, but the Blue Mists are more fun)... __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

12-28-2002, 02:03 AM	#11
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	Well, there is a way to respond to them without sending Your copy to the other person. But I think I'd better not dig my grave any deeper by being more specific about, given we are trying to break such ahem bad habits... delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Maril __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?

12-28-2002, 02:19 AM	#12
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yah...I reduced mine from fifty to fifteen and they're already back up to thirty [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-28-2002, 03:43 AM	#13
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,436	I FEEL SO UNLOVED. __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?

12-28-2002, 03:49 AM	#14
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 743	Yeah, same here, I've not had any new ones for a month. __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

12-28-2002, 04:12 AM	#15
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,301	Burra, check your PM [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-28-2002, 04:21 AM	#16
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,436	Your so kind I love you! __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?

12-31-2002, 05:49 PM	#17
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,473	Burra, dragon, both check your PM's...and Happy New Year! __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

12-31-2002, 05:59 PM	#18
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 743	Thankyou both! Hugs Vanima and H-I 2 minutes! __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.