Is there a way you could put in red letters accross the top of a page "you have a new private message" or a pop up notification that you have a new message when you get one?
I agree. It'd be nice to have more of a notification (not an e-mail) than just the little blurb that's hard to notice. I had a private message for about 3 days once before I realized I had it.
Or maybe some sort of Red and Bold Lettering by the private message center on the right?
Count me in as a whiner.
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