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BruceM6193
Contributor ⭐
November 16, 2024

Unable to setup Private Messaging

  • November 16, 2024
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The instructions are to go to My Settings/Preferences/Private Messenger tab to turn on private messaging. Following the instructions, I do not get the Private Messenger tab to be able to turn on.

 

How can I rectify this?

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    AARPConsumerCare
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 18, 2024

    BruceM6193 I'm so sorry you're not getting the option to enable private messaging. You can contact us via chat by clicking the following link https://aarp.info/2ThqJxO then clicking to chat. We'd like to help get this issue taken care of right away. - Christy C. 

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    KallC765857
    Contributor ⭐
    September 30, 2025

    I ran into that once and it turned out the forum admin had disabled private messaging site-wide, so the tab never showed up no matter what I did. Might be worth checking with them before pulling your hair out. I’ve had a similar thing at work where our sip trunk provider made setup smooth and reliable, but only after certain features were activated—so it could just be a setting that needs turning on here too.

      GailL1
      GailL1
      Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
      September 30, 2025

      Good to know - but now I wonder if this is the solution, why the AARP Customer Care folks just didn’t answer people about this solution - which does seem appropriate.  OH, Well - maybe it is a relatively new fix and now we know in case somebody else has the same problem.  Thank you for posting this, @KallC765857.

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