Hi Oke

1 question ? ? 2 questions ? ? who's counting?

Not me

For new members you are more than welcome to use the "Let me introduce myself" or "social club" boards, but we did tend to find that not all members would post (and at the rate we are growing I don't think we would get then all to fit on

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As for messages .....
There are two ways that the forum can notify you about things. If you want to be told by email about a received Instant Message then do the following:
Click on "messages" at the top of the screen to take you into your Instant Message screen as normal. From there click on

This will then open a new screen in your profile for Instant Message Preferences.
Click on the selector box next to
Notify by e-mail: and you will receive an email every time someone sends you an instant message.
As for the other form of notification, if you read and thread and want to be told when ever another member adds a message to that thread then click on

From there it will ask you to confirm that you want to be told about updates. Click on YES and from then on, every time a message is added, you will be told by email with a link taking you back to that message.
This facility can be turned off by following the instructions when you click on

I hope that helps
