Question:
The software only lets you delete messages from the inbox. You
can't move messages from box to box. All the functions are grayed
out. Why does the software programmed this way? |
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Answer:
Each of the folders in IMU have a specific purpose. Unlike an email program
where you can make your own folders and put things pretty much wherever you
want, IMU is much more strict and structured. The Inbox is where messages
normally appear, as long as the messages are not automatically forwarded to
the display queue or used for voting. If a message comes into the Inbox, you
can basically do three things -- Display it, Delete it, or Block it.
* If you Display it, it will be send to the Display queue, and then once it
is displayed, it will go into the Display Archive.
* If you delete the message, you are saying that you want to get it out of
the inbox. You don't want to display it, but at the same time, you don't
consider it to be an offensive message either. Therefore deleted messages do
not increment the "offensive message" counter.
* If you block the message, you are saying that you want to get it out of
the inbox, but you DO consider it to be an offensive message. This will
increment the "offense" counter for that user, which, depending on the
System Settings, may have implications such as automatically banning the
user or sending them a warning about the offensive messages.
Messages that are sent for Voting are sent directly to the Voting folder.
Now, there is a strict structure about what happens to a message. The
message has a very strict and specific path. That path can not be deviated
for the most part. The reason is mostly because of "legal purposes". The
message has a very strict path so at any point in time, you can see exactly
what happened to a message. It can't be moved around later, if someone comes
questioning what happened.
There is a little bit of flexibility for messages that have already been
displayed. They may be moved back into the Inbox so that they can be
displayed again, or they can be deleted. Messages that have already been
displayed may also be "recycled" periodically if desired (see the System
Settings -- Interval Filter tab). If it is a slow night, this will
automatically keep the screen moving with messages, making the event seem
more lively than it really is...
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