so can the owner change the settings and if so how? I know that she wants to and is just as flummoxed as us that we can't get in there.

As to who got the message...how long is a piece of string? I know that my fellow Admin Wicca received the 3 community messages that were sent out and we've seen members come on today that have only posted in certain topics referenced in the community message but as it is New Years Day we probably won't know the extent of the messaging problem, if there is one, until a few days. I'll make a post on the board to see who got the message but I certainly didn't get any of them sent out by this board.