How can I clear my pm box but still keep my pms?

aliasojo · 5 November 2008 at 2:55PM

Is there an easy way to do this?

Edinburghlass_2 · 5 November 2008 at 3:46PM

You can download them to text, tick all the boxes then look at the drop down menu at the bottom which gives you the options. Then set your pm's so you get an email notification of your pm's and you'll get a copy of every pm within the email in future.

Savvy_Sue · 5 November 2008 at 10:32PM

I download mine as text and save them to my 'puter when my inbox gets full ...

aliasojo · 7 November 2008 at 10:29AM

Forgot I'd asked this.

Ta muchly.

Edit: Ok , just done it. Happy now. I only have 50 spaces free though so you all better be quick if you want me.:rotfl:

jinky67 · 7 November 2008 at 10:30AM

ooooooooooh I didnt know you could do this

I have had to delete loads of pms i would have kept, if i had only known:rolleyes:

sra · 8 November 2008 at 11:53PM

Have just been trying a little program I found. If people have success with it I'll split this post off and sticky it for a while

vBulletin PM Reader

When you first install it you'll be asked to create a database. I called mine MSE Private Messages and put it in My Documents.

To save your PMs to vBulletin PM Reader -

Go to your PMs page, tick the ones you want to save. Click Download as XML in the menu at the bottom and click Go to save the file somewhere on your computer:

Or you can download all your PMs at once by clicking XML underneath:

Next go to vBulletin PM Reader and click to Import XML file at the top-left:

Browse to the XML file you just saved and then all your messages should be imported in:

Note:

There doesn't seem to be a way to change the folders on the left. If you want something to be in a folder, you need to do it in the PMs page before the download.

Edinburghlass_2 · 9 November 2008 at 12:36AM

I love sra-land :j

Got my first lot downloaded!

Edinburghlass_2 · 1 April 2009 at 2:45PM

Just bumping this up before this w/ends upgrade, not saying that anything at all will happen to your pm's but if there is anything you want to save, then this is a really good way of doing it.

minimoneyme · 1 April 2009 at 11:22PM

Thanks sra, thats a fab little program, I'm all nice and organised now!

How can I clear my pm box but still keep my pms?

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