[whereagles]

Hi,

I've been having a lot of problems lately posting new messages, and sending private messages also. In fact, I'm not sure how this one got through.

Does anyone experience the same?

[inquiry]

I got a private message from you when I logged on now. So that seems to be working for you.

Ben

[whereagles]

Actually, I that and this message were the only things that worked for me the whole night. I wanted to post a few more replies but couldn't.

[scoob]

when a message doesn't go through are you getting any type of error?

if so, is it something the forums are generating for you, or something your browser is giving you (perhaps a popup)?

the only times i have ever had trouble posting to a web forum is when the connection between myself and the server is so delayed that my session times out - but that's never happened to me here.

[whereagles]

I get the standard windows error of connection failure. Seems like a timeout error, yes.

[whereagles]

I just tried to post a long message, but it failed

[hrothgar]

whereagles, on Jul 19 2005, 08:41 PM, said:

I just tried to post a long message, but it failed

might I suggest a simple workarround
compose your posts in a word processor and then paste then into the webpage.

This will allow you to save any work that might otherwise be lost.

[whereagles]

I've been doing that, but somehow long posts bounce back...

[scoob]

are you on dialup, or behind a proxy server?

[whereagles]

Cable. No proxy. Automatic settings detection.

[helene_t]

Download a new webbrowser.

[whereagles]

Huh..?? It cannot have to do with the browser. It worked fine until 3 days ago or so. It's just that long messages fail for some reason.

[scoob]

ok i just tested a realllllly long post (several pages) and no errors.

are you trying to post all text? if not, which buttons are you adding to your post?

[whereagles]

Not using anything fancy, just plain text, sometime with smilies, that's all. Maybe it's a cable modem or router misconfiguration. I'll try to reset those.

[whereagles]

Well, that didn't work. I'll try again tomorrow from puter at work.

[scoob]

so um.. what browser are you using anyway?

[whereagles]

Some recent version of internet explorer.

Anyway, I just tried to post something long from my puter at work and it worked ok. Oh well... lol.

[helene_t]

Change to Netscape, Whereagles.

[csdenmark]

whereagles, on Jul 22 2005, 12:32 PM, said:

Some recent version of internet explorer.

Anyway, I just tried to post something long from my puter at work and it worked ok. Oh well... lol.

• Update your IE to latest version - completely free to do so
  
• Delete all of your temporary internet files
  
• Be sure your settings are updating every time you access an internet site
  
• Reduce the number of days storing your temporary internet sites - I have 3 days

This is the way to solve problems with Gmail account and cannot harm you but will do nothing or something good for you. Worth a try I think.

[whereagles]

Thx. I tried some of that already, I think. I'll try it all again, though somehow I feel the problem lies elsewhere.

And no, I'm not swtiching to netscape... eheh. I don't like the philosophy of solving a problem by downloading a 200 Mb "patch"