PM's dont work for me. Once I hit the 5 thread post mark, I am able to PM is what I'm understanding, right?
No, you should be able to send PM's immediately.
When you click the envelope (see pic below), a box should pop up and there should be a button in the lower right,
Start a new conversation.
Some members have issues here, some may not even be aware as they don't care about sending messages. Anyhow, I have a second account created recently used for testing purposes and I just checked it. I have the same problem on it. My
Start a new conversation is not showing.
I'll try to get one of the admins to fix this...