@1478, Hi Cheryl. No, that post was not directed to you. It was meant for Colleen. It looked like it was meant for you because she did not have the proper @name at the beginning of her post. Therefore, it landed right after yours. I noticed that you are not putting the @name at the beginning of your post (see how I did this post? Before I said "Hi Cheryl") If you do not put that in first when replying to people, your post could land anywhere in the thread. All new people to this site make that mistake, including me. It keeps the conversations connected.

Thank you, I understand now, an easy fix.

@windwalker. I am so confused with it too. Do we have to do that also when we are sending a private message? How do we know if our message went to the right person?

@nick52 When you try to send a private message to a particular person on this site, you will need to know their correct name also. The different is this: when you respond to someone's posting here, you start with @ then start typing the name after that. You will be presented with one or more names that start with the same letters. If the one you want is already in the list, you can stop typing and click on it to select it. Like I did in this posting to you. Without the @name, a lot of times people won't know whose posting you are responding to. When you try to send a private message to someone on this site, you click the envelope symbol at the top of the browser, then click on Compose for a new message. Start typing the name (without @). Again, you will be presented with one or more entries as you are typing. You can click the correct name when it shows up to select it into your Recipient field. Hope this helps.

@1478 dear Cheryl, did you get my long long private email. 

Nick 

Dear Cheryl @1478 and @nick52
I have sent you both private messages describing how it works. However, I encourage you to continue to share on this forum. By asking and answering questions on the forum you benefit from the group knowledge. The questions you ask are likely questions many here would like to hear the answers to. And there are likely many people sharing on this forum who have answers, experience or tips to offer to your questions.

As @ling123 described, when you reply on the forum, it is advisable to start your message with the person's name or @username if you are addressing a specific person. Naturally the message is still read by everyone and anyone can respond. That's how we share. 🙂

I hope this makes sense.

@ling123. Thanks  for your help.  I am doing that my question was am I able to find my reply?  If my reply is too long it says an error may have occured that is my confusion her ling! 

@nick52 If you are not sure if your reply has been sent or not, you can open the private messages, click on Sent Mail link. You should see all of the messages that you have either initiated or replied. If you don't see it, it was not sent. If the message has had back and forth between you and another person, you want to open the thread to read all the communications to see if a particular reply you are looking for is included or not.