Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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Recovering old PMs on another discussion board
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I suppose it's a long shot, but you could ask the site admin. I am assuming that they're using forum software that stores messages in a database, and deleted messages probably get purged regularly in order to keep the DB at a manageable size. But if they still have backups they might be able to help you, though the amount of work involved might not be worth it to them.
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-Stephen Jay Gould  (August 5, 2014 at 1:09 pm)Tonus Wrote: I suppose it's a long shot, but you could ask the site admin. I am assuming that they're using forum software that stores messages in a database, and deleted messages probably get purged regularly in order to keep the DB at a manageable size. But if they still have backups they might be able to help you, though the amount of work involved might not be worth it to them. I think this whole endeavor is a long shot.  Stupid discussion forum that only lets you keep 30 PMs at a time... 
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
Yeah, the only way I can see is asking the site admins.
 (August 5, 2014 at 1:33 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Stupid discussion forum that only lets you keep 30 PMs at a time... I belong to another forum that, when I joined, allowed ordinary members to store a whopping 5 private messages. As to your problem, only the site admins would be able to assist you. Whether they would or not, that's an entirely different question. (August 5, 2014 at 2:16 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I belong to another forum that, when I joined, allowed ordinary members to store a whopping 5 private messages. Speaking of, does AF have a PM limit? Should I start archiving my messages? 
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
 (August 5, 2014 at 4:16 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Speaking of, does AF have a PM limit? Should I start archiving my messages? Yes. Unless you never want them to be read over your shoulder, or otherwise don't want to risk putting them somewhere someone might read them (who isn't government, or the like). Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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