Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Help! I just lost another long, detailed post

Have you tried using Cntl-C instead of Cntl-S to temporarily save the work
to the clip board before sending?

Smoke
-----Original Message-----
From: ballendo@... <ballendo@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:00 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Help! I just lost another long, detailed post

>Hi! (also posted to eGroups sherline list, where it happened, but I
>am not as active there) HELP!!!
>
>I just typed a long, detailed answer to how to machine a square hole..
>When I pressed send, it disappeared, then I received a "please try
>again later/refresh screen" , i.e., lost connection/ server down,etc.!
>
>I read messages online and type responses directly into the
>online "post" message word processing box. I'm using MSIE 5 and
>win95r2 (in this case) but it has also happened in win98/ MSIE4...
>
>This is getting old! It only seems to happen when the post is really
>long, or detailed, or important. Each time it happens I swear I will
>save my posts on notepad b4 pressing send, but the volume of posts I
>do make that impractical.
>
>So, does anyone know where the buffer/temp file is stored for a
>message typed into the eGroups 'post' word processor???? I have
>searched through temp folders and files to no avail...
>
>How can I get back my work!???
>Or easily save it? (Ctrl-S doesn't work)
>Is this an eGroups problem, or windows?
>
>Hope someone can HELP!
>
>Ballendo
>
>P.S. I listed (and detailed)7 ways... I have a good memory, and have
>just re-typed before, but I am NOT a good typist!
>
>P.S.S. I have also lost work by accidentally hitting the 'special'
>key (as in Dana Carveys' church lady, Isn't that special?!) between
>the right ctrl key and the "windows" key. The key in question has an
>icon which looks like a 'grocery list' with the top 2lines dark, and
>a cursor arrow pointing to them.
>Press this key by accident, one of two dialogs pop up (upperleft
>corner of the screen) one is small and includes 'undo'; the other is
>larger and doesn't. You can guess when the undo is NOT available :-(
>Anyway, if it's the larger of the two and i press escape,the work is
>gone!... And I haven't found where it is kept while being worked
>upon...
>
>Unfortunately, years of CNC S/W usage has me pressing 'spacebar'
>and/or 'escape' when something goes wrong. I'm getting better, but I
>sure would like to know how to recover from this...
>
>sorry for the bandwidth, I'm REALLY hoping someone can help me!
>
>
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