ChildrensBookMarket's free private mailbox email system hides each member's regular email address from visitors and other members (except for the actual buy/sell transactions* where email addresses are exchanged to arrange for payment and shipping). 

To contact a member of ChildrensBookMarket, just click on their UserName (anywhere on the site) and a private mailbox email form will open addressed to that user.  When posted, it is sent to the user's private mailbox as "New Mail"

Registered members who are logged in will see their private Mailbox link at the top of most pages.  The "New Mail" icon indicates you have at least one message in your mailbox that you have not opened.

There are three tabs at the top of your mailbox pages, Inbox, Sentbox, and Compose.

Your Inbox

Your Inbox is where you can see private messages that other users have sent to you.

Tip: You will be notified via your registered email address whenever you get a message in your mailbox
( Note: You will not receive any further notification emails for any additional new messages until after you check your mailbox) .

Each row in the inbox signifies a message that you have received. The first item in each row is a Checkbox. To delete messages from your inbox, check the corresponding boxes and then click on the Delete button at the bottom of the page.

Next to the checkbox you will see either a closed envelope, signifying a message not yet read, or an open envelope signifying a message read. If your message contains attachments, you will see a paperclip icon.

The next column contains information about the user whom the message is From. If the message is from a registered user, this column will display their user name. If not, it will display the name they entered when sending a message as well as a special icon that identifies the sender as a non-registered user. The Received column displays the date that the message was sent. The System column will specify which part of ChildrensBookMarket your message was sent from (the auction, the Mart, the forum, etc.).

Tip: If the message is in response to an item anywhere in ChildrensBookMarket, you can click on the icon in this column to see the item about which the message was sent.

The Subject column contains the subject that the user entered when sending the message. Click on this subject or on the icon at the beginning of the row to display the message detail. When viewing a message, you can choose to Reply to it or to Delete it. Attached files will be listed at the bottom of the page. Click on a file to display it in a pop up window.

Your Sentbox

Each row in your Sentbox signifies a message you have sent. A closed envelope represents a message that has not yet been read by the recipient.  An open envelope represents a message that has been read. If your message contains attachments, you will see a paperclip icon as well.

The next column contains the user name of the person to whom you sent the message. The Sent column displays the date when the message was sent. The Read column displays the date on which the message was read. The System column specifies which of the ChildrensBookMarket systems (auction, forums, etc.) the message came from. The Subject column contains the subject that you entered when sending the message. Click on this subject or on the icon at the beginning of the row in order to display the message detail.  Sent messages will remain in the your Sentbox until they are deleted automatically after 30 days.

 Click on the "Compose" tab to create a new message for another registered member.  You can also upload a text or image file to attach to your messages (Note: no executable files that could contain viruses or other harmful content can be sent through the system).