My Account Subscribe Help About
Sign In | Register FREE
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Watch: Artemis II mission loses contact with Earth for 40 minutesClock ticks on Trump's Iran ultimatum with little sign of breakthroughDisruption expected as six-day doctors' strike beginsAustralia's most-decorated living soldier arrested over alleged war crimesWarmest weather of the year expected with 24C this weekIllegal rave shut down as police face 'violent and hostile' crowdCall for parents to teach online privacy like road safetySchools in knife crime hotspots to get specialist trainingWireless Festival boss defends Kanye West booking and asks people to forgive rapperTrump endorses ex-UK political aide Steve Hilton for California governorTrump's Hormuz deadline looms but Asian nations have already struck deals with Iran'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nearsHow rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfoldedFake Australian, Chinese and Brazilian police stations: BBC goes inside a seized scam compoundThe Papers: Doctors 'hold patients hostage' and 'The whole of the moon''I'd have been a miserable champion': Why Britain's 'next Anthony Joshua' quit boxingCould saunas become the 'new pub' when it comes to socialising?'I adore her now': Mother learns to cope with child's autism in a country with little helpNine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killingsUS Supreme Court paves way for dismissal of Steve Bannon convictionCouple in court after boy, 13, dies in crashNew youth clubs for anti-social behaviour hotspotsParrot at Dublin Airport sparks search for its ownerBBC News appThe ‘Not Fit For Purpose’ Department - Part 3Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in an award-winning musicalArteta calls for perspective as Arsenal look to avoid slumpCoventry edge ever closer - but who will join them in Premier League?Boulter suffers first-round exit to Ruse in AustriaBayern face waiting game on 'very special' Kane

AV Messages

Private encrypted messaging between registered users. Send and receive personal messages with AES-256-GCM encryption — messages are stored encrypted in the database so only the sender and recipient can read them.

Features

  • End-to-end encrypted message storage using AES-256-GCM
  • Inbox, Outbox, and Deleted message tabs
  • Threaded conversation view per contact
  • Unread message count badge on the Inbox tab
  • Soft-delete with recovery from the Deleted tab
  • Admin moderation view (decrypted for administrators)
  • Styled in the classic AltaVista 2001 look

Usage

Add the

shortcode to any page. Users must be logged in to send and receive messages. Configure the assigned page and per-page count under AV Messages → Settings.