Responding to classified ads

[Roger LParticipant @rogerl]

Should message appear in my Sent Messages list

[Roger LParticipant @rogerl]

Hi,

I responded to an ad. last night using the email message feature. The message I sent has not appeared in my 'Sent Messages' list — should it have done?

Roger

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Roger,

I just sent you a test mail and it immediately took me to a list of my sent messages and it was there.

Not sure if the advert link works differently but don't see why it should.

Send me a mail to test.

baz

[Roger LParticipant @rogerl]

Hi Baz,

I expected the advert link message to work the same as well, which is why I started to wonder if my message had been sent. I did get a 'message sent' acknowledgement when I pressed the send button, but that may not mean much. If I don't get a response from the seller today I will try sending a message direct from my account.

Thanks,

Roger

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

The sales adds allow you to send an e-mail not a personal message that is why they don't show in "My Messages"

Don't know how Baz sent an e-mail so suspect he has sent a PM

[Roger LParticipant @rogerl]

Posted by JasonB on 05/12/2012 10:52:04:

The sales adds allow you to send an e-mail not a personal message that is why they don't show in "My Messages"

Although it sends an email, it does it via the website rather than the user's email client, so it doesn't appear as a sent message in your normal email client (Outlook in my case). This means you don't get a copy if the site doesn't post a copy to your sent messages. If this is how its supposed to work, then OK. But it would be handy having a copy of the sent message.

I can see the way round this is not to use the link on the ad., but just send a PM to the seller. Alternatively, you can use the link to get the sellers email address and then send a message from your normal email client.

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