I am getting Friend requests and Nudges from women who have their mail settings set to an age range I'm not within. Yet, it is not possible for me to send them a message regarding their Friend request or Nudge because the age limitation prevents it. I cannot even inform them of why I can't respond.

I will not add anyone as a friend unless I have first communicated with them. But, I cannot communicate with them because of the age limit thing.

If they send a Friend request to or Nudge someone that is not within the age range set in their mail settings, that should nullify that setting, or any other settings for that matter, for they have made first contact.

Over a week ago I said a similar thing here and got absolutely no replies, but that was in a different forum.

Regards,

Robert

One, you have no age requirements on your profile
so anyone (female, your one restriction) can email
you if they so wish.

Two, as you have none, even if they do, if they
initiate contact (which often happens) it will go
through simply because you have no restrictions
on your email filters.

You seem to have full grasp of that part.

As this is the system in place, anyone can overcome
their OWN filters by making first contact.
If they choose not to do this, that is their option.

If they are sending 'Friend' requests and 'Nudges'
yet not Email, that too is their option.
An Email would go through.

The other two also go through, and if they cannot
figure out the difference, you can continue to ignore
them, or, you can accept the 'Friend' request, email
them with your explanation if you feel the need, then
delete the 'Friend' with the checkbox next to their
name on your 'Friends' list.

The system works as is, with all options left open
to someone using filters.

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

So, your simple answer is:

If they send a nudge or friend request, that will not override their age range or any other settings like sending an email would, and there is no intention of changing that.

Then, I shall just ignore them. I only care to communicate via email only.

I'm a software engineer, have been since before 75. I know that it is easy to have a nudge or friend request set the same override flag that gets set when they send an email or if you don't use a flag, modify the criteria to check for nudges and friend requests as well as emails. I know you keep track of these things.

Sincerely,
Robert

That's not a bad idea, specially if set up as a fail-safe.
'You cannot send this Nudge/Friend Request with your
existing preferences' or somesuch..with a follow-up
menu to change it.

Maybe there is a reason, of which we are not aware :-)

All profiles shown are without activity for more than a month. Is there anyway to index profiles with more recent activity

The short answer is No.
But when you use the Search engine, the returned list is
ordered by last visit.

(Ergo, once you see someone 'has not been online in over
30 days, all others below it are the same..those above
it are more current.)

However, you CAN see who is currently on line at any given time:
http://mingle2.com/search/whos_online