New, please lend a hand...
They are sent to your e-mail address and read there.
IMO the function should be renamed to "send a private e-mail."
The subject line of a private message e-mail will be "Re: A grassrootsmotorsports.com message from XXX". With the XXX being the user name of the sender.
You can. Be aware that some email addresses don't play well with PMs. I have Yahoo and get all kinds of problems.
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