[MaplebayDave]

Well, either someone took care of this for me, or just the fact that I submitted a post affected my status. Shortly after posting this topic, I noticed that I have a Private Messages link below "Welcome, MaplebayDave," and the links show up when I click the name of a poster, and in the Quick Links tool as well.

More importantly, when I click one of these links, I get to the Private Messages page, and am no longer told I don't have permission to access the page. This is a big relief after five days of frustration. Of course, it's too late to send a private message about the gun I was interested in, it's already been sold. But I'm ready in case something comes up in the future.

If anyone did anything to fix this for me, my sincere thanks. But in any event, the problem seems to be solved.