Deleted my PMs by accident

[RedMystic]

Awesome suggestion! Thanks japeflakes.

[sillgen]

My understanding is that there is no way to recover lost PMs.  They are private and not available to anyone but you so any back up of the system would not hold them.  Sorry.  How annoying for you. 
Andrea

[Pels.]

Can you click on the "report to moderator" link on right hand side of post?

You aren't able to report your own post to moderator JF - I should know, I tried to do it once.

Pels.

[sillgen]

Ah, but Red Mystic clicked on japeflakes reply and it worked beautifully!
Andrea

[japeflakes]

Well I did say "can!"

Anyway. I agree that once pm's have gone that is it....

Can you click on the "report to moderator" link on right hand side of post?

You aren't able to report your own post to moderator JF - I should know, I tried to do it once.

Pels.

[Berlin-Bob]

Restoring from an older back-up is (relatively) easy,
if we want to restore the whole forum to that earlier date.

Notice "whole forum": this would mean that everything since that last back-up -- new topics, replies, PMs -- would be lost.

Restoring particular items from an older back-up is difficult, as you need to know exactly how replies, PMs, etc are stored in the database files and usually involves a lot of work, working directly on those files.  This can only be done by the system administrator, and on previous such occasions he has already said that it is simply too much work.

Sorry Red Mystic, but you'll have jot down as many names as you can remember, while it's still fresh in your mind, and ask them to resend their PMs to you.  Many members don't clear their outbox very often, so they should still have copies of what they've sent you.

regards,
Bob

[RedMystic]

Thanks for the response Bob. It's not what I wanted to hear, but I understand the horns of the dilemma.

I'll try to remember those that assisted on my various branches.

Note to self: Don't use PM as a filing system to return to as back up for a future date.

[a chesters]

RedMystic, I know it seems to be a bit of trouble, but what I have been doing for some time with my posts is to copy them into a word document so that I can look at them without trying to remember which forum that one was on as against THAT one.

Works for me, especially where there are different forums for the same name.

It is a bit awkward but.........

Also have a look at the normal posts you have sent, it might help to jog the memory, as Berlin-Bob says.

Hope it helps.

A Chesters

[RedMystic]

Thanks a chesters. That will be my new plan.

I hate to bother those that have helped me in the past, but stupid techno-peasant me, apparently that is just what I'll need to do.

Thanks again for the suggestion.