Private Messages

If you would like to contact another Litminder outside of the public forum, the site has a private messaging system available. You can also contact other members by email.

In the top left menu, there is a "Private messages" block that contains a link to your inbox, as well as a link to a blank message form, where you can compose a private message to another user.

You can also send a private message by clicking on a user’s name (found in the user list, your buddylist, or attached to a member’s post), which will open their profile page, where you can scroll down to "Private Messages", and click "send a private message."
Alternately, you can go to "my inbox" (in the lefthand menu), and choose "Write a new message". Either of these routes will take you to the screen to compose a message.

- When someone has sent you a private message, a notice will appear after you log in, and may continue to appear on every page, according to your account settings. To change these settings, click on "my account" in the left menu, click the edit tab, and look under "private message settings". Here you will find options to allow aggressive notification of private messages, as well as the option to block PMs completely. -

Managing Your Inbox

Once in your inbox or composing a message, and by following the menu tabs, you can "mark as read" or delete messages from your list, use your contact list to send a message to multiple users, or manage your folders.

Email

In order to contact a member by email, they must have set their contact settings to allow emails. You can contact them by clicking on their username, which will take you their profile page, then selecting the "contact" tab. If they are accepting emails, there will be a email form on that page.

To change your own contact settings, click on "my account" in the left menu, choose the "edit" tab, then scroll down to "Contact settings". Here you will find the option to allow other users to send you an email, via "your contact page", as well as a link to that page.

Contacting the Administration Team

If you need to contact a specific staff member, the above methods will work.

For general questions or comments, you can reach the administration team by using the "contact" link in the left menu. You can also submit questions for Author Q&A sessions through the contact form, by changing the category from "General Enquiry" to "Interview Questions."