Does this happen to anyone else?

[JJ]

Sometimes when I am composing a thread, by the time I have completed writing and hit the "submit" button, I get logged out and must re-log on and everything I have written is lost. It usually happens when it takes me a little longer to compose my writing (distracted by something else going on) but it happened just now and I think I was only writing for a few minutes. So frustrating.

[ModeratorXXX]

Yes! It is frustrating!

Try composing in your email. Then copy and paste in the reply window.

[elcahun]

Yes it has. I *think* there is a setting the Administrator can change to lenghten the time before it happens. But if I've been writing a longer message, I'll highlight the text and copy before sending just in case.

[JJ]

Thanks for the tips!

[abacomah]

... I'll highlight the text and copy before sending just in case.elcahun is right on. Highlight the text and right click to copy it periodically as you are composing a reply. Especially if you get up to do something else.

If I am doing a long post I usually compose it in Word and copy it over. Only disadvantage there is the spacing between lines is greater in Word so after I copy it I take out all the blank lines and put them back in.

The time out thing is to automatically sign Members out after a certain amount of inactivity. The software doesn't know you are still there keying (without hitting the enter which sends a message to the software), thinking or distracted. Just ensure you hit the enter key occasionally and periodically copy that text with the right click and keep on postinghttp://coconuttelegraph.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif.