Sending a private message
Private messages are very similar to email, you specify the person(s) who you wish to send the message to, enter the subject & the message and click send. There are 2 links available, that would allow you to easily find members who you wish to send your message to, Select from Buddy List, which will allow to select people from your buddy list, by listing all your buddies and Find User, which will allow to search the forum's entire member list for people to whom you wish to address your message. A copy of every sent message will be stored inside your SENT folder, for future reference, you can always delete those message should your choose to do so.

There are 3 other folders that you should be aware of:

Inbox folder contains any messages that you have received, each message has an read/unread indicator to allow you to see if you have read this message or not. You will also be able to see who sent this message and if that person is currently online or not, the date when the message was sent is also shown.

Drafts Folder contains the messages you have written but did not yet send yet. By clicking on the message you will go to edit mode, which will allow you to further modify the message as well as send it if you choose to. Once the message is sent it will be moved from the DRAFTS folder to your SENT folder.

Trash folder stores all the message you have marked for deletion, but did not delete as of yet. If you delete a message which is located inside TRASH this message will become permanently deleted.

Message Tracking

When you send a message you have the ability to request a read-receipt, when the recipient reads the message you will receive a system message notifying you that your message has been read.
However, if you request such a receipt the recipient may choose to decline sending the read-receipt, so if you have requested a receipt and did not receive it this does not necessarily mean your message was not read.

'm' mode (messages)

cat	Only retrieve messages from category with this id.
frm	Only retrieve messages from forum with this id.
th	Only retrieve messages from topic with this id.
id	Retrieve a single message with the specified id.
ds	Only retrieve messages posted after the specified date (unix timestamp).
de	Only retrieve messages posted before the specified date (unix timestamp).
n	Fetch no more then n messages (cannot be higher then overall maximum).
o	Starting offset from which to begin fetching messages.
l	Order messages from newest to oldest.
basic	Output messages in a format parse-able by most RDF/RSS parsers.

't' mode (topics)

cat	Only retrieve topics from category with this id.
frm	Only retrieve topics from forum with this id.
id	Retrieve a single topic with the specified id.
ds	Only retrieve topics where the last message was posted after the specified date (unix timestamp).
de	Only retrieve topics where the last message was posted before the specified date (unix timestamp).
n	Fetch no more then n topics (cannot be higher then overall maximum).
o	Starting offset from which to begin fetching topics.
l	Order topics from newest to oldest.

'u' mode (users) **could be disabled**

pc	Order users by number of messages posted, from largest to smallest.
rd	Order users by registration, from most recent to oldest.
cl	Only show users who are currently online.
n	Fetch no more then n users (cannot be higher then overall maximum).
o	Starting offset from which to begin fetching users.

H - Redirect to forum help.
N - On pages with a pager, redirect to the next page (if one is available).
P - On pages with a pager, redirect to the previous page (if one is available).
S - Submit message on public or private posting form.
R - Preview message on public or private posting form.
K - Spell check message.
A - Apply spelling changes.
D - Save private message as draft.


FUDcode Shortcuts:

B - Bold
I - Italics
U - Underline
Q - Quote
C - Code
L - List
M - Image
W - URL
E - E-mail