Sitting in Outbox. Is it sent or not?

by **Barns** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:42 am

Hi,

I tried to send a PM to someone and it says sent successfully but then just sits in my outbox and doesn't appear in the Sent Items box as it obviously should. Does this mean it's not been sent or does the PM system only say it's been sent once the recipient reads it?

Thanks

Barns

by **BGtheBrain** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:57 am

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by **SirSebstar** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:55 am

BGtheBrain wrote:It sits in the outbox until it is actually read.
If they dont read it, it just stays there.

Once they read it, it moves to sent messages.

know that this is true for one reciepent.
if you sent the same message with multiple reciepients then it sits there untill it is read. however i am not sure if that must be all or just some. just know that with multiple reciepients there is something else going on

by **trinicardinal** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:09 am

SirSebstar wrote:
BGtheBrain wrote:It sits in the outbox until it is actually read.
If they dont read it, it just stays there.

Once they read it, it moves to sent messages.

know that this is true for one reciepent.
if you sent the same message with multiple reciepients then it sits there untill it is read. however i am not sure if that must be all or just some. just know that with multiple reciepients there is something else going on

I think that once it is read by one recipient it is moved to sent.

by **jefjef** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:42 am

trinicardinal wrote:
SirSebstar wrote:
BGtheBrain wrote:It sits in the outbox until it is actually read.
If they dont read it, it just stays there.

Once they read it, it moves to sent messages.

know that this is true for one reciepent.
if you sent the same message with multiple reciepients then it sits there untill it is read. however i am not sure if that must be all or just some. just know that with multiple reciepients there is something else going on

I think that once it is read by one recipient it is moved to sent.

You are correct.

by **SirSebstar** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:05 pm

BGtheBrainand jefjef, the reason that i dont know for sure is that i have an msg in the outbox that at least 3 reciepients have replied to and a fair few others not..
following your logic it should have gone away from the outbox, after all you cannot send a reply without reading the msg...
it might be that this was a msg change since the message is quite old, but still.. its there all right...
so thats why i know something is not right

by **BGtheBrain** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:11 pm

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by **jefjef** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:58 pm

BGtheBrainand jefjef, the reason that i dont know for sure is that i have an msg in the outbox that at least 3 reciepients have replied to and a fair few others not..

I send out pm's to multiple people all the time. Once 1 person opens it - it immediately goes from OUT into the SENT folder.

by **Jippd** on Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:50 am

Same for me one person reads and it goes from outbox to sent

by **chapcrap** on Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:32 pm

What about if you send someone a message and they delete it without opening it?

by **Forza AZ** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:47 am

chapcrap wrote:What about if you send someone a message and they delete it without opening it?

That would be the same as a message that isn't read, so it will stay in your outbox forever then.

by **chapcrap** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:05 am

Forza AZ wrote:
chapcrap wrote:What about if you send someone a message and they delete it without opening it?

That would be the same as a message that isn't read, so it will stay in your outbox forever then.

I would think that it would not be like that...

I'll send you a message and you delete it so we can test.

by **eddie2** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:48 am

ok easy to explain

pm's 2 1 person
stays in outbox until read..(the problem i think the op has is that the player in ? might of had several pms missed his then it does not show on are main screen as inbox (1).. so maybe resend it..

group pms...
show when one player reads it takes it away from your outbox...

but if you use the bbe code i am sure it only removes from outbox as each individual person reads it...

by **Forza AZ** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:36 am

chapcrap wrote:
Forza AZ wrote:
chapcrap wrote:What about if you send someone a message and they delete it without opening it?

That would be the same as a message that isn't read, so it will stay in your outbox forever then.

I would think that it would not be like that...

I'll send you a message and you delete it so we can test.

Sorry, I opened them because I didn't know it was a test PM. You should have put in the first one that the 2nd one was a test.

If you want to test it again, then send another PM (put "Don't open this!!!" in the title) and then I will delete it and report back here.

by **chapcrap** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:14 pm

Forza AZ wrote:
chapcrap wrote:
Forza AZ wrote:
chapcrap wrote:What about if you send someone a message and they delete it without opening it?

That would be the same as a message that isn't read, so it will stay in your outbox forever then.

I would think that it would not be like that...

I'll send you a message and you delete it so we can test.

Sorry, I opened them because I didn't know it was a test PM. You should have put in the first one that the 2nd one was a test.

If you want to test it again, then send another PM (put "Don't open this!!!" in the title) and then I will delete it and report back here.

Done...

by **Forza AZ** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:56 am

chapcrap wrote:Done...

I deleted it without opening. It should still be in your outbox now I think.

by **chapcrap** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:55 am

Forza AZ wrote:
chapcrap wrote:Done...

I deleted it without opening. It should still be in your outbox now I think.

Nope. It went to sent messages.

by **Night Strike** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:56 am

That's because it moves to the Sentbox as soon as the player opens their Inbox, not when they open the individual PM.

by **Forza AZ** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:33 pm

Night Strike wrote:That's because it moves to the Sentbox as soon as the player opens their Inbox, not when they open the individual PM.

Is that so? I'm not concvinced. Let's make a new test.

I will send chapcrap 2 PM's and then he should open 1 and not open the 2nd (but he opens the Inbox). Let's see where the PM's end up in my Send/Out Box.

by **BGtheBrain** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:51 pm

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by **AndyDufresne** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:53 pm

Forza AZ wrote:
Night Strike wrote:That's because it moves to the Sentbox as soon as the player opens their Inbox, not when they open the individual PM.

Is that so? I'm not concvinced. Let's make a new test.

I will send chapcrap 2 PM's and then he should open 1 and not open the 2nd (but he opens the Inbox). Let's see where the PM's end up in my Send/Out Box.

I am pretty confident that it says in the 'outbox' until the individual PM has been opened, regardless of whether you have visited your inbox (or any folders you may have set up for delivery).

--Andy

by **MudPuppy** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:29 pm

I'm pretty sure Night Strike is right on with this one: It goes from outbox to sent once the recipient opens their inbox, regardless of whether they actually do anything with the PM itself.

by **chapcrap** on Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:13 pm

Forza, I opened the first PM and have not touched the other. What say you?

by **Viceroy63** on Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:20 am

No; It has not been read yet by the person that you sent it to. When the message is read by that person, it then disappears from the "Out" box and appears in the "Sent" box.