afaik PMs work fine, even though, when you send them, you get an error message... If you check your sent folder or message tracking you will see what has been sent.
Many peoplle do not have e-mail notification switched on for pms which is why they do not know they are getting them
If the forums get fixed..the default setting for e-mail notification of pms should be changed
I managed to reply to this ..doesn't usually happen.
If you cant reply.... Post any reply in a new thread saying merge followed by thread title ..(or pm me (ONCE only ... it will get through even if it appears not to get sent) as a last resort) ..The forums are not working correctly but this will work, albeit slowly