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EarlG

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4. It means that a new member sent you a DU Mail message but

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 03:35 PM

Jul 28

they were banned before you went to your Inbox to read the message, so the message was auto-deleted by the software.

This security precaution was originally created years ago to protect members from trolls who would sign up, get to 50 posts, and then send random abusive messages to people. The functionality is only specific to banned members who are new to the site.

The time stamp of the message in your Inbox does not reflect the time that the banned member's mail message was sent, it reflects the time that the member was banned. At that moment, any messages that the member sent were auto-deleted from any Inboxes that the member sent a message to, and a new message from "Automated message" was sent to inform those members of the deletion.

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Stange message in PM [View all] Behind the Aegis Jul 28 OP

Just a guess, and IANAA (I am not an admin) usonian Jul 28 #1

T-Mobil "updated" my phone last week my incoming doc03 Jul 28 #2

It wasn't related to that, BUT as a T-Mobile user...THOSE UPDATES ARE MADDENING! Behind the Aegis Jul 28 #6

Emails work it is text messages that are automaticly deleted. I have to take it back again they failed to fix it. nt doc03 Jul 28 #8

Oh shit! I misread. That is a real problem! Behind the Aegis Jul 28 #9

bet a banned troll tried to send you a PM and it got deleted Kali Jul 28 #3

Nope someone I text with almost daily that is stuck in a nursing home. nt doc03 Jul 28 #10

It means that a new member sent you a DU Mail message but EarlG Jul 28 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Jul 28 #5

Thanks. Didn't know that was a feature. Behind the Aegis Jul 28 #7

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