I have let my VIP membership lapse - not really ready to renew it and now I get a message that I have "new mail".  Aggravation is that I can't get to it.  If you sent it -- and if the moderator puts this through -- and if it is important enough to have sent it to begin with -- please contact me at [email protected]  THANX

that appears beside the username ment personal mail was working?
Is that not the case?

Apparently not -- when I click the envelope it asks me to log in.  I do that and I am told that since I have only a BASIC membership I can't access that feature.
Bummer.

No the envelope just signifies that you are posting in your username rather than an ALIAS. There is no way to tell whether somebody is a VIP member. TER's position is that they don't want to show a distinction between Basic and VIP members. So there is no way to determine someone's membership status unless they tell you.

thirsty

So -- people can send me mail -- I just can't read it until I am ready reinstate my full vip membership.  I guess that's one way to get people to join the paying side.

Clever ain't it?

thirsty