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kcott
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Thanks for the detailed reply.
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First the good news: I clicked on <c>[constrain]</c> and messages were listed.
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Now some additional details which may help anyone looking into this.
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Throughout all my various attempts at using different links, URLs and logging in and out (detailed in the OP), I made no changes whatsoever to anything in "Message Settings" or "Message Inbox".
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In "Message Settings", I have "/msg me when there's a reply to one of my posts" checked and three folders (Deleted, Inbox and Archive — listed in that order); everything else in either unchecked or blank.
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In "Message Inbox", I have "To kcott" and "Inbox (n)" checked; everything else in either unchecked or blank.
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Prior to clicking <c>[constrain]</c>, I had messages in all three folders: Inbox (2); Archive (119); Deleted (3).
<em>[Guess: the code behind this part of the site either "saw" all of those as unchecked or "saw" some other combination which generated an empty list (e.g. I just tried "From kcott" and "Deleted", which listed nothing).]</em>
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Any changes I may have made to "Message Settings" would have been years ago; certainly nothing recently.
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I only rarely change the "Message Inbox" settings.
I don't recall listing deleted or archived messages recently but may have done.
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I nearly always access "Message Inbox" via the CB link (with <c>srch_folder=0</c>):
your comment about this resetting the options <em>sounds about right</em> (but I'm guessing a bit there).
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I use "Message Inbox" frequently (often several times a day) and haven't seen this behaviour previously.
I'd consider myself reasonably proficient in its use.
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That's all I can think of that might be helpful: happy to provide more on request.
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