Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 I write all my posts in Word just in case I loose the message in the browser. Can always undo then. Also does a spell check before it goes. Attilio " chris_macie " <@w...> wrote: > When composing messages using this tool, you can lose a lot of > work by making slight mistakes at any time prior to actually SENDing > a message (a posting or a reply). > > A week or so ago I lost the whole contents of this text window (where > you type a message) by resizing the the browser window. > > Just now, I lost about an hours work by inadvertantly hitting the > BACKSPACE key in the preview window (one step away from sending), > which caused the browser (Explorer 5, under Windows) to revert to the > original / template state of the reply window, eradicating all my > work on the reply. > > Using email programs instead of , one can usually " SAVE " work- in- > progress so that it survives random glitches of usage and OS crashes. > > I ran a test to verify that a message sent from an email program will > get placed correctly into a thread hierarchy, if you compose the > title correctly ( " Re: ... " ), so one isn't dependent on for that. > > This functionality isn't perfect. " Caveat emptor " (buyer > beware), especially when it's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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