# Private Message false alert? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121 "2008-04-10T01:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickBurn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/quickburn/32/6246_2.png) [@QuickBurn](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/QuickBurn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/1 "2008-04-10T01:21:03Z")
I just got an email telling me I have a private message waiting for me here. I logged on to look, but nothing is there. I’ll look again in a couple hours, just in case something is bogged down in the system… ---
**Author:** ![RobK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/robk/32/128611_2.png) [@RobK](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/RobK)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/2 "2008-04-10T12:09:32Z")
This happens when someone sends you a message but then deletes it before you’ve read it. You get the email alert as soon as they send it but it sits in their outbox until you read it - if they delete it in between times then the original email alert will still arrive from when they originally sent it but the PM will no longer be there, hence why you’re not seeing anything. 💡 ---
**Author:** ![JHEM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jhem/32/9683_2.png) [@JHEM](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/JHEM)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/3 "2008-04-10T14:01:17Z")
> [@RobK](#): > > This happens when someone sends you a message but then deletes it before you’ve read it. Seems an unscrupulous person could have a bit of fun with that “flaw”… 😈 ---
**Author:** ![JHEM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jhem/32/9683_2.png) [@JHEM](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/JHEM)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/4 "2008-04-10T22:41:26Z")
> [@JHEM](#): > > Seems an unscrupulous person could have a bit of fun with that “flaw”… 😈 Apparently I’ve created a monster! ---
**Author:** ![JHEM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jhem/32/9683_2.png) [@JHEM](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/JHEM)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/5 "2008-04-11T03:10:18Z")
> [@JHEM](#): > > Apparently I’ve created a monster! Three notices and counting. My main suspect is my son! I’ll have to ask one of the Admins to see who the miscreant is. ---
**Author:** ![QuickBurn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/quickburn/32/6246_2.png) [@QuickBurn](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/QuickBurn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/6 "2008-04-11T12:55:01Z")
OK thanks for that info… I thought it was strange tho… I checked the inbox about 45 seconds after receiving the alert lol ---
**Author:** ![JHEM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jhem/32/9683_2.png) [@JHEM](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/JHEM)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/7 "2008-04-11T13:54:47Z")
> [@JHEM](#): > > My main suspect is my son! Or someone on the left coast! ---
**Author:** ![QuickBurn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/quickburn/32/6246_2.png) [@QuickBurn](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/QuickBurn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/8 "2008-04-11T13:59:37Z")
Not Me!! _points to the north_ ---
**Author:** ![NeedleNose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/needlenose/32/86946_2.png) [@NeedleNose](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/NeedleNose)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/private-message-false-alert/5121/9 "2008-04-11T15:10:40Z")
> [@JHEM](#): > > > [@JHEM](#): > > > > Apparently I’ve created a monster! > > Three notices and counting. > > My main suspect is my son! > > I’ll have to ask one of the Admins to see who the miscreant is. I gotta admit - I was terribly tempted! 😈 In the end, the angel on my right shoulder won the battle and I refrained.