Message Filter- private messages

[Lefanis]

It would be really cool if there was a filter for private messages. Now it's hard to sift through if you have a lot of messages, and particularly if you can't remember who sent you the letter... I don't know how it could be coded exactly, but it seems easy at face value. 

[Telrunya]

Agreed. I've had to look for private letters several times and there's no easy way to do so.

[egamma]

+1.

[Indirik]

Do a message search. Search for your character's name in in the recipient's list.

[Charles]

 

Do a message search. Search for your character's name in in the recipient's list.

Wouldn't that give you every message? your character is the recipient of every message that your character receives.
I usually just look for the messages that are bordered by the double lines on both sides.

[Indirik]

No. Your character's name is not on the recipient list of most messages. They are generally sent to groups, like "all in realm" or "Military Council", etc. In these cases, there are no actual character names in the recipient list, just group names.

Trust me. Just try it, and see what happens.

[egamma]

No. Your character's name is not on the recipient list of most messages. They are generally sent to groups, like "all in realm" or "Military Council", etc. In these cases, there are no actual character names in the recipient list, just group names.

Trust me. Just try it, and see what happens.

Not bad, although it still has some non-private messages. I'll try to remember that.

[Indirik]

A neat trick is to put the name of a council or group in the "recipient" box, and set it to search for both received and sent messages. That way you can seen the full exchange, including all of your own messages and all of the incoming messages, in a single interleaved series.

[Foundation]

A neat trick is to put the name of a council or group in the "recipient" box, and set it to search for both received and sent messages. That way you can seen the full exchange, including all of your own messages and all of the incoming messages, in a single interleaved series.

These should really be documented somewhere other than just by word of mouth, since they are really awesome tricks.