If we continue the said thread here, then, when the forum is fully operational again, this thread can just be added on to it and it will all be seamless. I presume so anyway.
I logged in to see for myself .... the webmaster was logged in the last hour so I guess the forum software has been updated/changed!
I tested a PM send and that was ok .... but yes stuff has changed .... maybe (hopefully) we have more reactions now??