Hadn't been logged in for while and last time logging in both boxes (IN and OUT) were less than the previous session. Took a look and noticed that the PMs are self deleting after one year?

Is this spelled out anywhere in the user guidelines? Was this a new rule after the implementation of the new forum s/w? Did we miss reading up on the new way things would be?

Very distressing to have lost many PMs not knowing that they'd be gone. We would have copied them to local disc to save had we known they were time limited.

Please update information about forums and PMs if they're self deleting after a year period. Would be very helpful for those with mental disease/disorder who use this place as something of a journal to keep track of their issues.

Kind of hard to do when large chunks of material are gone suddenly.........maybe not sudden to you but definitely a shocker to us to realize a goodly portion of PMs are now gone gone gone.