<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on being able to pass on a personal message to owners I have met through these forums.[/quote]

Which is exactly the purpose of the Direct Message(DM) facility is it not? Personal, private and only you and the recipient can see it.

I never want any 'personal message' I send to be viewed by anyone in cyberspace who logs on to OV.

My original post was meant to be TIC. However surely anyone looking at a Villa for sale wants to view posts with information pertinent to that sale; e.g. when was it built? what are HOA fees? How will that freeway being built at the bottom of your garden affect you?

As it is you wade thro' 'good luck' type messages the serve little point except to add another post to your 'score' and give exposure(for some) to your villa link.