Bug Can Missing Private Messages Be Retrieved from Inbox?

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Missing private messages (PMs) from inboxes have been reported by several users, with messages disappearing after navigating away from the inbox. Users suggest checking with the senders to see if the messages are still in their "sent messages" folder. One contributor suspects the issue may be linked to a previous username and email confusion, which could have affected account functionality. There is a call for assistance to resolve this issue, as it seems to be a recurring problem for multiple users. The discussion highlights the frustration of losing important messages without explanation.
drankin
Recently, I've noticed that any pms I get will disappear from my inbox when I go back to it. It's like they were never there. Could my missing messages be retrieved? I've had a couple since June of last year that have vanished.

Thanks in advance.
 
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I've never had any PMs disappear, are you sure that you didn't accidently delete them?
 
drankin said:
Recently, I've noticed that any pms I get will disappear from my inbox when I go back to it. It's like they were never there. Could my missing messages be retrieved? I've had a couple since June of last year that have vanished.

Thanks in advance.
You could ask the people that sent the PMs if they still have them in their "sent messages" folder.
 
Evo said:
I've never had any PMs disappear, are you sure that you didn't accidently delete them?

Yep, I'm sure. I hit my back button after a message I got and then went back into my pms. Gone. There are a couple of people I've tried to have conversations with but their messages disappear.
 
Gokul43201 said:
You could ask the people that sent the PMs if they still have them in their "sent messages" folder.

That's what sucks. I get a message relating to a post, so I quickly click over to the post to get the context of the pm and then go back to my inbox, but it's gone. I didn't take note of who sent the pm. I don't get a lot of pms so I forget that there is this bug with my pms. My bad for not paying attention to who sent it before I clicked over.
 
As a PF contributor I'm asking for assistance with this issue. Is there someone I can talk to?
 
drankin said:
As a PF contributor I'm asking for assistance with this issue. Is there someone I can talk to?

I'll look into when I get home. Very odd.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
I'll look into when I get home. Very odd.

Thanks, Greg. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that at one time I had a different username and email. There was some confusion with accounts at that time to where I couldn't log in with my new username. But, maybe that is unrelated.
 
Bump.

I'm feeling a little neglected. :(
 
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I've had a couple vanish as well. I just figured that I'd screwed up somehow.
 

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