Originally posted by poussin:
When a PM is sent to me, I receive a mail that tells me to go and read the PM I received. Well, I don't see the differences between receive a mail to tell us we have a message, and receive the message in the mail.
I think the difference is a matter of privacy. Using PM's, people can contact you and you can receive an email about it, but they don't necessarily know what your email address is.
Originally posted by HatMan:
Seems like the majority of boards members aren't voting, which probably indicates that it wouldn't be a very commonly used feature.
It's hard to judge how much the feature will be used, but I think part of the reason people aren't voting is because they don't know that the question is being asked here.

I was keeping my eye out for this thread, which is the only reason I bothered checking in the Polls section. Otherwise, I never would have seen it.