Inbox icon is telling me I have a new PM when I dont.

Buttcleft

Both the icon on the upper right, as well as the inbox selection in my profile, are telling me I have a new PM to read.

But when I open my inbox there is no PM to read, its empty. I don't know if the notification itself is glitched, or if I have an actual message that is invisible.

I also can't clear the new PM notification.

kime

Try going to near the end of your inbox. I remember that used to be a way to solve that...

End

sometimes that happens when a spam account that sent you a pm is deleted

it'll probably fix itself on its own after a little while

Invisible

Same. The papist guy sent one and it was deleted before I got to my inbox. Only reason I know is because it was copied to my email.

Darkewolfe

Thanks for the thread explaining this, I'd wondered if I was completely insane as well. So when they pop a spammer, it pulls PM's out of inboxes but can cause a bit of confusion for the recipients, I guess?

I went to my spam e-mail and the message was logged there, which clarified.

Tube

Yeah this should sort itself out shortly, it's a known problem. If it doesn't I can flush the cache for you.

Buttcleft

It hasn't gone away yet, But its not a dire emergency that requires attention.

Buttcleft

It still hasn't sorted itself out yet, Only posting in case that's important.

and to ask if I could bother you for that cache flush now, Tube.

Tube

how is it now?

Buttcleft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed6enMMfKco

I'm clean, boss.

Thanks a lot, Tube.

AntonNUL

I've had it for a month, had no idea why it's there. So it should clean itself?

Tube

It should do, but if it's there now it's survived a cache clear. It's possible that @icyliquid will have more input.

AntonNUL

Nah, it's gone now. Thanks!

chromdom

I finally got around to reading the message in email, and first let me say that is pretty funny! If he had sent it on April Fool's day, I think it would have gone over very well.
But beyond that, the message flag is still up in my inbox. Do we need to request a cache clearing to get rid of it, or just wait it out?
It's only been about a week for me, but my OCD is just dying to get rid of a flag with 1 message unread.

EDIT: Huh. If I follow the email link to the message, it gets rid of the message flag. Good to know.

Falx

I have one of these now, but no message made it to my email either.

Banzai5150

Falx wrote: »

I have one of these now, but no message made it to my email either.

Me as well, though I did also get a notification without a notification as well. It's only been a day, so I can wait it out.

Spoit

Me three, though the notification did go to a valid @ call about a month ago

Athenor

My guess is that there was a spammer PM'ing people. While the original message was deleted, the notification and inbox flag were still sent out as they can't be rolled back as easily.

Tube

Bingo

Spoit

Thanks for flushing the cache or whatever it was that you did Tube, that fixed it

Invisible

I still have the notification for a new PM.

T-bolt

Would sending yourself a PM clear it? I used to have the problem but cleared it by clicking the link in the notification email I got.

Falx

Sending yourself a PM does in fact clear it, finally.