By the way, sir, that's NOT a black mark or anything on your record, the modification I made; the presumption is that you simply didn't know. Your record's squeaky clean, pure as driven snow.....in fact, it's blank.
Anyway, it's preferred that personal messages between members not be quoted in any forum on conservativecave, and if there's some compelling reason one must, the name of the sender has to be omitted.
Exchanges between two members where personal messages are quoted, in case there's a complaint, the identification of both can be shared with moderators and administrators, but not out in public.
Most message boards have this rule; but at any rate, it's no mark against you.
Now, one cannot fault members for being suspicious if one's a long-time member who's never posted before, which is your case.
Not posting is NO violation of any rules here, but it does lead to suspicion and skepticism.
We have lots and lots of long-time members with still only two digits' worth of comments, who prefer more to read here, than to say something. But they've established credibility by making at least a few comments.
It can look strange, being a registered member who never says anything. Why bother to register then, when one can just as well lurk?
This being the internet, where everybody's anonymous, one can claim to be anybody--I can claim to be Clare Boothe Luce, and who can possibly disprove it?--and so it's best to build up a reputation, a credibility, by making comments, even if only a few.
