I can't send messages?

[Jayr]

I try to send private/personal messages but I keep getting error.
You have exceeded the limit of 20 personal messages per hour.
What's going on?

-sigh-

[Joeyboo~ :3]

Email me. Please.

[Susan]

Have you sent over 20 message in the last hour? I don't see any blocks on you keeping you from sending private messages.

[Joeyboo~ :3]

Mister has a girlfriend.
They're currently having a back and forth thing right now.
So that's why he's wondering what's going on.

Email me, jay.

[Jayr]

I have a girlfriend?
o.o

[Joeyboo~ :3]

Lol shut up

/abusivegirlfriend

[Jayr]

Someone save me.

[Kelly J. P.]

*save*

[Sephirah]

SMF has an option which limits the amount of personal messages a user can send in a 1 hour period. It's primary function is to stop spammers registering at a site and carpet-bombing every user with PM's peddling their wares before being caught and banned.

[Jayr]

Oh. I didn't know that. Is it new??
Cause I've had conversations with Joey a million times and I'm pretty sure we've sent way more than 20.
I had never had seen it do that before. Or maybe we didn't send 20, I have no idea now.
o.o

[Sephirah]

No, I don't think it's new. The feature is part of the architecture of the software rather than a mod.

It doesn't add sent and recieved messages though. So if that total is over 20 then that's different to sending 20. I mean, on average that's one every three minutes.

[Jayr]

Oh okay okay! Thanks!
Yeah i doubt I sent her more than 20 in an hour.
More than one every 3 minutes would be a lot.

I was talking to multiple people last night, which I never usually do.
Probably why I got that.