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Brummophile
Although I've had a Facebook account for six years, this is something I have known about for a question of weeks!
Recently I sent some photographs to a lady via Facebook; she was unaware they had arrived.
When a person sends another person a message via Facebook it goes into the person's Inbox and an email of notification is sent out. But this is only so if the two people are Facebook Friends. If they aren't, the messages go into a "postbox" called "Other". There is no notification for messages received in "Other" postboxes. This means that things can lie there for months, as three acquaintances of mine have found out over the last year by my not having answered their FB messages.
So check your “Other” mailbox, you may have a pleasant surprise, as I did.
If you go to your Facebook page (either your main page or your "Home" page, it doesn't matter which), up at the top on the dark blue band there's the word "facebook" in white lettering. Beside it to the right there's a small icon in an even darker blue of two head-and-shoulders. Beside this icon there are two superimposed rectangles and then a globe. Left click once on the two rectangles; this is your messages page and a window will drop down showing all the messages you've sent and received via Facebook. Right at the top of this window on the left-hand side you'll see the word "Inbox" followed by a number in brackets. To the right of "Inbox" there's the word "Other". When you get messages from your Facebook friends, they automatically go into your Inbox. If two people aren't FB friends, the message will go into the Other postbox. If you right click on the word "Other", another window will open and there you may see a message from an acquaintance of yours. By clicking on it, you'll see what the person wanted to tell you.
Recently I sent some photographs to a lady via Facebook; she was unaware they had arrived.
When a person sends another person a message via Facebook it goes into the person's Inbox and an email of notification is sent out. But this is only so if the two people are Facebook Friends. If they aren't, the messages go into a "postbox" called "Other". There is no notification for messages received in "Other" postboxes. This means that things can lie there for months, as three acquaintances of mine have found out over the last year by my not having answered their FB messages.
So check your “Other” mailbox, you may have a pleasant surprise, as I did.
If you go to your Facebook page (either your main page or your "Home" page, it doesn't matter which), up at the top on the dark blue band there's the word "facebook" in white lettering. Beside it to the right there's a small icon in an even darker blue of two head-and-shoulders. Beside this icon there are two superimposed rectangles and then a globe. Left click once on the two rectangles; this is your messages page and a window will drop down showing all the messages you've sent and received via Facebook. Right at the top of this window on the left-hand side you'll see the word "Inbox" followed by a number in brackets. To the right of "Inbox" there's the word "Other". When you get messages from your Facebook friends, they automatically go into your Inbox. If two people aren't FB friends, the message will go into the Other postbox. If you right click on the word "Other", another window will open and there you may see a message from an acquaintance of yours. By clicking on it, you'll see what the person wanted to tell you.
