Okay, are you calling normal messages to you on this board mail? When you open this site and go directly to your mailbox, the messages to the boards will remain until you go to a board and click each message. I don't see any setting in the normal message mailbox that would remove anything if you just open that mailbox page.
Also, please remove my post with the cartoon asap.
Just click on the envelope in the upper right hand corner and read your messages one at a time. If something is a PM, it will remain in your mailbox until you answer it. If you decide to reply and want to keep it, just click on the box that says to keep it in your mailbox otherwise it will disappear.
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