Cliptin said:
I would be comfortable if the information from the previous page was presented. Topic,from, date and time.
I agree that the way PM's are handled is a pain. Unfortunately the changes you ask would be difficult, and possibly beyond me current skill level right now. phpBB version 2.0 is currently feature frozen until it is released. At that time the developers will supposedly open up the ideas list for version 2.2. At that time I can post a link here once they make it available so that members can provide feedback. It's hard to say how long that might take, but if people are interested it might be a good idea.
While we wait, if you want to visit the development site, head over to
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB2/index.php and poke around. There are mod sites that incorporate changes to the BBS. I'll look to see if there is a PM enhancement utility. The only problem with mods is that phpBB2 is still in development and mods can be difficult to upgrade with. The little changes I made to the theme at this site had to be remade when we jumped from RC 2.0 to RC 3.0.
For an immediate fix to your problem, all I can recommend is to view the message you want to delete and delete from within the message. This way you know it's the one you want since you selected it.