Hi;

I received this notice:

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic "FS
Killarney whistle, Brass, Key of "D"" at "Chiff and Fipple Forums". This
topic has received a reply by Jerry since your last visit. No more
notifications will be sent until you visit the topic.

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When I click on link and log in I get the message: "You are not authorized to read this forum".

I do believe they are responding to my whistle FS. There are no new messages in my inbox. Does that mean they deleted their message? Are messages in this catogory now blocked due to covid19?
Sorry; I'm still fairly new to PM here.

I'm not quit sure what I'm talking about myself, other than what I posted first. I click on the link from my email. It takes me to the log in page. I log in then it tells me I can't view post (message) or whatever it is. If it was a message could this be because the sender deleted it, just a bug? I am clueless. Should I just ignore this and hope who ever it was tries again if they really want to contact me? They could also try an open post on the listing couldn't they?

I think we've come across this before, but I can't remember the details. Hopefully Ben will have some insight.

Here's what I advise in the meantime: Instead of clicking links in your emails, go directly to C&F instead, and log in there.

Chaps, this is really, rethally simple. Firstly, it has nothing whatsoever to do with PMs. Not one thing. All it is is that maiingan posted a for sale notice in the Used Instrument Exchange (UIE); Jerry then replied to it, in the UIE, in contravention of the forum policies, as flagged up very boldly at the top of the UIE in the big orange box; Jerry's reply was therefore moved to Deletions, which is a restricted part of the Board.

There is nothing wrong with what has happened, and is an example of the Board and its policies operating as intended. maiingan - you cannot read this message, and neither should you be able to. If Jerry wants to send you a message concerning your post, then that is exactly what he should do, or you could send him one, and please everyone - don't post replies in the UIE.

I hope that clears things up.

There is probably more than one Jerry here I imagine?

Not as a username. Any other Jerrys would have to be different somehow: Jerry1, jerry, JerrySmith, J.e.r.r.y. JeRrY - like that. It's the form that counts with a username. Every username is utterly unique and cannot be duplicated as-is in another account; the system won't allow it. So if Jerry is his username, then Jerry it is. There will be no other on this website.

Thanks, Ben.

So if it said " This topic has received a reply by Jerry since your last visit. " Does that mean Jerry is a user name?