Can you send a message to someone who is not already a friend?

[Conundrumish]

I'm sure you used to be able to, but can't work out how to now.

Thanks

Depends on their settings, some people set it so they can't receive them- mine is ATM as I have ahd crap from people I know in RL, defriended them but wanted more safety IYKWIM.

Yes, you still can. Click on their name and a 'Message' box appears on top right hand corner

You can if they allow it. They might have their settings so only people who are already freinds can message.

your message might go into their Other box, in which case it won't be flagged & they probably won't see it (I have no restrictions on incoming but have still had messages from non-friends put there)

Said - do you mean click on their name when you have their page up? I can't seem to do that.

Lubey/Peachy - do you do that through messages? When I put their name in the 'to' box in messages, it goes away again when I press return.

when you have their page up there should be a clickable 'message' box at top R?

No, there isn't one Ponders. Maybe they have blocked messages from non-friends.

oh, maybe - there are so many tweaks to privacy

what does the page say? were you able to find them by an ordinary name search, or only via friend-of-friend? some people can't be found by open search at all & they're the ones I'd expect to have messages blocked too.

through open search, though they used to be friend of a friend.

oh dear

you're right then, they must have set "everyone" for finding profile, but for "receive messages" either friends only or friends of friends (which is perverse)