Excuse me for this very basic question. I have been using Discourse for a private group and it works very well, though my only frustration is with DMs. If I receive a DM, it seems to get lost in my notifications. Frankly, I can’t easily discern what my recent notifications are under the :bell: after clicking my profile photo. The Inbox is confusing. I find it difficult to compose a direct message from blank. I’m sure I’m missing something basic. Can anyone shed light on this for me? I need to review posts and DMs exhaustively and missing one is not ideal. Thank you!

[image] waffleslop: Excuse me for this very basic question. This is a great question! :sunflower: [image] waffleslop: I have been using Discourse for a private group I personally would recommend that instead of using group inboxes, you create a secure category that only the group can access. Group inboxes are handy if you want to add a support email inbox to your site, but otherwise secure categories will be more feature rich and user friendly. [image] waffleslop: I’m sure I’m missing something basic. Is it possible you don’t know how to get to your inbox? One way to get there is to select your user picture/avatar in the top right corner, then click on the messages envelope :email: to see your recent messages, then click on the messages envelope a second time and you will be in your inbox. You can also go to your own profile page and then select MESSAGES from the menu. Your messages inbox has a big blue button to start a new personal message to anyone (or to a group). You can also start a new personal message to someone by selecting their picture or @ mention in discussions to pop up their user card, which also has a big blue button to start a new message. The :mag: search button in top right corner offers up contextual filters. If you are in your messages it will show the in:personal you can then select to search just your personal messages.

I use in:personal to direct the search to look in my messages if that’s any help?

How do I search my inbox?

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waffleslop (waffleslop) March 25, 2022, 4:45pm 4

Clicking twice is the thing I was missing. It seems an “Inbox” link in the menu would make sense for those not so familiar with Discourse. Thank you for the help!

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How do I search my inbox?

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