No PMs in inbox-- 312 counted

So I selected my read messages and deleted them because my inbox was saying I had 312 messages in my PM inbox. Now I can't see any, but I have 8 blank inbox pages with the software saying I still have 312 out of 800 messages in my inbox but I can't see them.

Is there a way to recount PMs for accounts? Or is this just a very strange bug?

Change the Default User Group

Is it possible in the ACP to change the default user group, so that when someone registers they go into another group other than Member?

Quick Reply & Guest Posting

When a guest tries to use the quick reply feature on our board, the "Sorry, your post was too long, please reduce it " error pops up (even if it's just two characters long).

However if you reply normally to the same thread, it works perfectly. I can assume it's because the quick reply doesn't have the captcha that's enabled for guest posting?

Raging at the Shoutbox

So. I added in the shoutbox. put the <% DSHOUTBOX %> down into the skin, enabled it.

And it worked fine.

But then I went and changed a setting in the shoutbox in the admin CP and now it won't load. I just get the lonely text of <% DSHOUTBOX %> where the shoutbox should load. I even tried to change those settings back (it was stuff like no avatars, and refresh time), but it still won't come back. I disabled the whole thing and then re-enabled it, and it still won't load.

Why does it mock me?

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