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blocking poster sending me PMs

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wowiamimpressed · 15/04/2021 21:46

Will they know I have blocked them or will they just think I am taking a long time to reply?

And can I unblock and then read what they sent once I unblock?

I just want a couple of weeks head space from a poster who keeps emailing me, but not to ignore them indefinitely, if I read their message I feel compelled to reply. Maybe I need a better backbone...

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LouMumsnet · 15/04/2021 22:00

Evening, @wowiamimpressed - sorry to hear about this; as @BIWI
says, please do report any dodgy PMs to us so that we can have a look into it.

Alternatively, drop us a mail at [email protected] so we can have a chat about things. Flowers

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DawnMumsnet · 19/04/2021 18:00

Hi @wowiamimpressed, sorry for the delay here.

We've been experimenting with some test messages and can safely say that if you block a poster - let's call them Poster X - they won't know that you've blocked them.

If Poster X sends you a PM while they're blocked, they'll get a notification that their message has been sent, but you won't receive it at your end.

It seems to be the case that if you subsequently unblock Poster X, anything they sent whilst they were blocked still won't reach your inbox, though it will display at their end as 'Sent'.

So in this instance it may be best to send Poster X a PM saying you haven't got time to read or reply right now.

Hope that's clear-ish!

You may want to take up TheInebriati's kind offer if you need to test this further - things might be slightly different for MNHQer PMs.

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