I have disabled this feature temporarily.  There is a very nasty bug with this feature that effectively deletes ALL the PMs of the recipient of an "Away" message!

Fortunately, very, very few members used it, so the risk is minimal.  That said, I was the poor sap that it happened to, so I was the sacrificial lamb for y'all.  

Further investigation reveals it's a bug in the forum, so I've disabled that feature until I fix it.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is this "away" feature.  What is it supposed to do?  

It works like the Out Of Office message in Outlook.  You can read more about it in the help section (click the link above).

But really, no need to worry about it for now.  It's been disabled, so there's no risk of losing PM messages now.

How about the AWAY  AM  MESSAGES?

muddy,

go to your corner ;D

Glen, let us know when we get the Away message Back.

Get it?  Away --- Back.

Oh well.

Time to go to work.

This bug has been resolved.  The "Away" message option has been restored.