Index: src/game/g_cmds.c
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--- src/game/g_cmds.c	(revision 910)
+++ src/game/g_cmds.c	(working copy)
@@ -913,18 +913,22 @@
 
   // support parsing /m out of say text since some people have a hard
   // time figuring out what the console is.
-  if( g_privateMessages.integer )
-  {
+
     args = G_SayConcatArgs(0);
     if( !Q_stricmpn( args, "say /m ", 7 ) ||
       !Q_stricmpn( args, "say_team /m ", 12 ) || 
       !Q_stricmpn( args, "say /mt ", 8 ) || 
       !Q_stricmpn( args, "say_team /mt ", 13 ) )
     {
-      G_PrivateMessage( ent );
-      return;
+	      if( g_privateMessages.integer )
+		{
+		G_PrivateMessage( ent );
+		return;
+		} else{
+			trap_SendServerCommand( ent-g_entities, "print \"Sorry, but private Messages have been disabled.\n\"" );
+			return;
+		}
     }
-  }
 
   if( trap_Argc( ) < 2 && !arg0 )
     return;
@@ -2915,8 +2919,10 @@
   qboolean teamonly = qfalse;
   gentity_t *tmpent;
 
-  if( !g_privateMessages.integer && ent )
-    return;
+  if( !g_privateMessages.integer && ent ){
+	  ADMP( va( "Sorry, but private Messages have been disabled.\n") );
+	return;
+  }
 
   G_SayArgv( 0, cmd, sizeof( cmd ) );
   if( !Q_stricmp( cmd, "say" ) || !Q_stricmp( cmd, "say_team" ) )