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I've always received a lot of PMs, which I've always tried to respond to, but lately the number has reached the point where I can no longer respond to them all.
Yesterday alone I received 24 PMs.
Some were from friends, and are welcome.
Every one of the balance was from people asking for advice about topics that are already well covered on the forum.
I'd make a few points:
As well as spending a lot of time trying to sort out Margaret's estate, I have a lot of jobs to do on the house. For that reason, I have to limit the amount of time I spend on forum matters.
Asking a question to me alone means that the person asking doesn't get input from other members who would be equally helpful if the question was asked on the forum.
In the time spent answering PMs, I could update existing guides or create new ones - which would hopefully be helpful to a wider audience.
For the above reasons, for anyone who sends me a PM about a topic I think could be asked on the forum, I'm simply going to answer with a link to this post. I'm not trying to offend anyone - I just want more control over my own time.