Add user null as contact????

Hi Jeff!

Welcome to element14 Community!  We just added a feature to our private messages that asks that you add the person you are interested in private messaging to your contacts first.  We did this to keep our members from being spammed by others.  You can add someone as your contact by holding your mouse over their avatar and click on "add [user's name] as contact".  Then this message (below) will pop up: (once the person has accepted your invite you will be able to private message them).  Hope this helps you out!

-Nicole, element14 Community Manager

You're welcome!