if you click on a user's name there is an option for sending a private message. then when you get messages you can view them from the 'private messages' link always at the upper-right. up at the top of every page there's a bunch of links, you can set up personal preferences and stuff in the 'user cp'.
there's not really much documentation of what the forums are, just look around and read a couple threads here and there and post back here if you don't understand what's going on in one place or another.
welcome aboard
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