You can now send and receive private messages on this website. Find your recipient from the "Site user list," choose "view" and click the "contact" tab or scroll down and click "Send this user a message." Another way is to simply click on the user's email, and this will bring up your local email utility, whatever is your default. You can also send a message to the author of a post by following the link to the user profile. New message status will be displayed when you're logged to the site. You will also get a copy in your email inbox.