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

ballendo@... wrote:

> 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...

I use Netscape. it saves a copy of all outgoing mail in a file. I actually
know where the file is, but it is easier to let Netscape handle the
messages in the file. It is in a file folder called "Sent". Perhaps
MSIE has a similar feature. I refer to it often, as sometimes I want to
send a previous message to somebody else, or be sure I really
replied to somebody, etc.

Netscape also has a "Drafts" and "Unsent Mail" folders. If a message
fails to complete sending (mail server out of disk space!) you can't
get rid of the "composition" window without telling it what to do with
the unsent message. You can put it in drafts, or just kill it.

There is an offline mode that accumulates messages in the Unsent folder
and sends them next time you connect.

>
> 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?

Probably neither. It is likely a problem at your ISP's host site, either
the system is too busy, out of disk space, or there are network
problems from the modems to the mail server.

Jon