How long will it take to be implemented? I hope that this system will work when the new bitcointalk forum has been launched. Sending PM thru theymos and Cyrus really eats a lot of time.
I couldn't find the post. But I'll try better tomorrow.
IIRC, the PM was from ~1 month ago and theymos said that he would try to code it in a few weeks. So it should be out soon. So it will definitely be available in the current forum software (SMF), and not only when the new software comes out.
The problem with the current system is that there is too many PM's and just theymos and Cyrus to check, verify the messages, deal with the members and recover the accounts. And they probably have a lot to do other than spend their day recovering hacked/lost accounts.