It allows you to view the latest deviations from your friends, find out about contests and events, stay up to date by reading journals, vote in polls, and read comments and replies. In essence, your Message Center is the heart of deviantART with information constantly being pumped in and out.

In order to create a superior Message Center experience and add much needed functionality, we’ve found it necessary to implement a few limitations on the messages and deviations in your Message Center.

These limitations come in two forms:


Time

If a message is older than one year and has not been moved to a custom folder the message will expire and automatically be removed from your Message Center. Time expiration only applies to the Inbox, not to custom folders. Anything moved to custom folders will be saved, no matter how old the items might be. (For more information about custom folders, visit the FAQ.)

10,000 per folder

There is a 10,000 messages per folder limit. This means that folders like news, deviations, etc., can only hold 10,000 messages each. 10,000 messages in each and every folder.

A note about notes

Although it may appear as if notes are a part of the Message Center, the notes system is actually a separate piece of technology. This means that notes are not affected by the above limitations; however, it also means they aren't part of the upgrades to come in the near future.

The Benefits

The benefits of these changes will lead to better sifting and sorting options. Imagine being able to sort by people who are your friends first, or the ability to display threading (comments to just your journal, or just your deviation; no more mish-mash!). This is the sort of Message Center nirvana we want to bring to you!

To realize this goal, we need to implement these changes quickly. Again, these changes will affect those who have an excess of 10,000 messages per folder or have messages outside of custom folders that are older than one year.

Grace Period

There is a two-week grace period for members to move messages they wish to save into custom folders. On May 1st, 2009 any messages exceeding the above limits and not moved to custom folders will be deleted.

We apologize for the short notice, but it’s imperative to make these changes now so the additional functionality you’ve been craving can be achieved in a swift manner.

Stay devious.