Deleted my PMs by accident

[Berlin-Bob]

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.

Also a good idea. A feature of this forum's software is the button at the top and bottom of every topic page. 

Don't panic .... the topic won't immediately be printed if you click on this, but it will be opened in a new window or tab in a printable format (no buttons, no avatars, no signatures, ... ). Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C to copy the whole topic and then, in your text program, use Ctrl-V to copy into the page. 

If the topic has more than one page, then all pages will be shown, so this is useful to capture the whole topic "in one go". 

It's also useful just for reading long topics without constantly clicking on the next page, but is less useful if there images in the topic, as no images are shown in the "print" format.
http://www.rootschat.com/help/navi_topic.php#print_topic

Bob

[Lady Di]

Also a good idea. A feature of this forum's software is the button at the top and bottom of every topic page. 

Don't panic .... the topic won't immediately be printed if you click on this, but it will be opened in a new window or tab in a printable format (no buttons, no avatars, no signatures, ... ). Use Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C to copy the whole topic and then, in your text program, use Ctrl-V to copy into the page. 

If the topic has more than one page, then all pages will be shown, so this is useful to capture the whole topic "in one go". 

It's also useful just for reading long topics without constantly clicking on the next page, but is less useful if there images in the topic, as no images are shown in the "print" format.
http://www.rootschat.com/help/navi_topic.php#print_topic

Bob

Ohh that's a major bonus - thanks Berlin Bob. Learn something new every day here 
Particularly useful for some of those VERY long scavenger hunts - took me ages to cut/paste page by page 


RedMystic - although you may have deleted PM's from your "In Box" check to see if there's anything in your "Out box". This might help in identifying who has previously sent you a message - if you've sent them a reply of course 

Di

[RedMystic]

Thanks for the hint Lady Di. Unfortunately all "innies" & "outies" are gone.  What ever I did to cause the elimination, I did it well.

What has been fabulous is that before I went to bed last night I posted the dilemma on 2 of the threads where family research had been done. A number of PMs winged themselves back to me through the night.

I know I won't recover all the lost ground, but I must say that Chatters are a wonderfully generous bunch when it comes to sharing their time & expertise - even when it's retracing the steps they took before.