Here's another way of looking at it:
I realised today that I've hardly ever deleted a PM from anyone and I have hundreds and hundreds in my inbox (I get a bigger allowance as a Moderator); and then I thought, But why am I keeping all of these?
Apart from saving a few for exceptional reasons I'd say that the majority of PMs are just history - so get rid of them! We don't hang on to telephone conversations, do we?
I get numerous PMs from members who say that someone else's inbox is full and they want to get in touch with that person, but can't. I then use some of my extra quota to contact said person to ask them to delete some messages to make room for new ones . . . (see, it's not just me who hangs on to 'em!)
But in any case, I always get an email copy of an Eratosphere PM (don't we all??) - so I have no need to archive them some other way.
Jayne
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