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> Tonks:
> May I suggest that you open your word program and type everything
> there and then save it and cut and paste it to post. That is the
> easiest way so that you don't lose any thing. I learned that the  
> hard way myself.

Mike:
Yeah, I do that or use my yahoo!mail and save as draft for long 
posts that are not responses to threads, original posts. But how 
would you do this to get your post attached to a particular thread? 
Especially when you want to include the previous post and snip to 
insert your comments?


> "Sharon Hawkinson" <sweetnightingale at ...> wrote:
>
> Been there...done that. Not a fun thing.
> 
> I spent many a time cursing when that happened...and it's always 
> long posts it happens to me on.
> 
> What i do if I think it might do that to me is hightlight what I 
> wrote and right click, and then highlight copy. It it asks me to 
> sign in, I do, then I go back to the message and the posting 
> window and paste in what I wrote. 
> 
> That's one thing that really, really bugs me.

Mike:
That's an idea, but I'm not sure I'm cogniscent enough of the 
expiration time to remember to do this. I get so wrapped up in 
composing, re-writing, and editing that I'm not thinking about that 
stupid 24 hour rule.

BTW, I fired off a frustrated email to Yahoo asking them how kicking 
me out of my group was protecting my security. Pointless, I know, 
but it made me feel better.

>  Steve/bboyminn:
>   Just out of curiousity Mike are you using email 
>   or the Web interface?
> 
>   I've lost so many posts due to problems with Yahoo, 
>   that I don't close the Tab (window) until after my 
>   post has shown up. I keep hitting Reload until my 
>   post appears in the thread list. <snip>

Mike:
I'm using the Web interface, that is I'm composing on HP4GU "reply" 
page. What do you mean by "hitting Reload"? I use MS Explorer and I 
don't see a Reload icon.


>  Steve/bboyminn:
>   If you use the Web interface it may not have occurred 
>   to you, but you can page Back a page or two and your 
>   post will still be there. If it seems that Yahoo has 
>   lost my post, I just page back, and hit send again.

Mike:
Yeah, I tried that both times. Because I was composing on the site 
and there isn't any save function (that I know of) tha most I get is 
the original reply page prior to my modification.

>  Steve/bboyminn:
>   If you are using email, then a copy should be in the 
>   SENT folder of your email program.

Mike: Not a problem for me when I use my email.

>  Steve/bboyminn:
>   It sounds like you are using the Web interface, that 
>   is, going on-line and reading and posting on the
>   HPforGrownups/HPFGU-OTChatter webpage. I use 
>   Mozilla/Seamonkey Suite and sometimes Firefox which 
>   allow new tabs to be opened; meaning I can open a 
>   webpage in a single occurance of my browser, but have 
>   tab across the top, one for each webpage I have open. 

Mike:
I use MS Explorer and I have the same thing, tabs, and have multiple 
pages openned at the same time. As I'm typing this I have 3 HPfGU-
OTChatter pages and 2 HPforGrownups:Message pages open, plus my 
Yahoo mail.

> Steve/bboyminn:
>   Typically, I have the main list in the first Tab, then 
>   right click and open three new posts, each in their own 
>   Tab, then I read and if necessary, reply to them. While 
>   I am waiting I go back to the main Tab, and open more 
>   posts. Periodically, I go back to the Tab in which I 
>   have posted a reply, reload, if my reply appears in the 
>   thread list, I close the Tab. If it doesn't, I page back 
>   to my post edit window and send it again.

Mike:
I still don't understand "reload".

>  Steve/bboyminn:
>   If you use Internet Explorer, you can do the same thing, 
>   but you have to open each post in a separate window. The 
>   important thing is to NOT close the window or tab until 
>   your post has appeared.
> 
>   I suspect, in your case, if you had hit the Back button, 
>   you would have eventually come to your post, and could 
>   have resent it.

Mike:
Thanks everyone for your ideas.
 
I still would like to know how to add my ID and password to my 
homepage address line, if anyone knows how to do that. I work on my 
home computer and don't have to worry about someone getting in to my 
Yahoo account. Besides, there isn't anyhting in it to concern me if 
it got out. I don't bank online or anything like that.