entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the ...
p.1 #1entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
I hit "Send" on a fairly lengthy PM without realizing tht I had not put anything in the Subject line.
Rather that give me the opportunity to fill the Subject line and then send it, my entire PM was erased.
Is that a bug or a feature?
Rather that give me the opportunity to fill the Subject line and then send it, my entire PM was erased.
Is that a bug or a feature?
Jun 15, 2026 at 09:30 AM
p.1 #2entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
Various errors like that can cause a post to fail and the message is not retained. I suggest writing any post more than a few sentences long in other software and then pasting it into FM.
EBH
EBH
Jun 15, 2026 at 06:51 PM
p.1 #3entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
^^^^^^^^^What he said^^^^^^^^
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Jun 15, 2026 at 09:01 PM
p.1 #4entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
^^^^^^What they said^^^^^^
Dan
Dan
Jun 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
p.1 #5entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
Exactly.
Jun 19, 2026 at 05:38 PM
p.1 #6entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
I’m trying to post an ad on the B&S board and having the same problem, except I’m not leaving anything out. And, as always, I’m typing the ad in a word processor and pasting it in. I’ve been doing it this way for years with no problems and all of a sudden it’s not working. Tried it on two different laptops, both running the latest Mac OS.
Jun 25, 2026 at 06:29 PM
p.1 #7entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
What is not working, the copy-paste or you cannot post after that?
I copy-paste all the time, including this message right now.
EBH
I copy-paste all the time, including this message right now.
EBH
Jun 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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p.1 #8entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
After I copy & paste, and have double-checked everything, then I click on Send and get a blank screen with text saying “could not access the server”. I also tried a different browser; I use DuckDuckGo routinely now (and have posted many ads & other posts with it), but last night I tried to put the ad up again after logging in from Safari. Still no luck.
Jun 26, 2026 at 04:49 AM
p.1 #9entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
My posts (above) on this thread were typed in directly. Now, as a test, I’m typing this message in Pages and will paste it into a Reply, to see if the same thing happens as when I try to post an ad.
Jun 26, 2026 at 05:01 AM
p.1 #10entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
Bingo. That worked fine, as always. What DOESN”T work is when I try to post an ad, with photos. I even tried shortening the ad, thinking it might be timing me out, but that didn’t help. I’ve emailed and PM’d Fred, but no response yet.. I doubt if I’m the only one this is happening to.
If anyone’s interested, I’ve got some nice Canon EF macro gear for sale.
If anyone’s interested, I’ve got some nice Canon EF macro gear for sale.
Jun 26, 2026 at 05:04 AM
p.1 #11entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
I PM’d Fred about this last night, but he hasn’t read that PM yet. Meanwhile, I emailed him this morning and that has bounced. I was using [email protected] - is that correct?
Jun 26, 2026 at 05:11 AM
p.1 #12entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
Well, I guess I’ll never know why - I was able to place my ad later this morning. I did not do anything any differently, so WTF? Just another of life’s mysteries.
Jun 26, 2026 at 09:35 AM
p.1 #13entire body of PM was erased becaused I forgot to enter anything in the Subject line
We’re currently working on the server and updating a lot of the forum code, so you may run into a few issues like this along the way.
I’ll add a note explaining that the entered text isn’t retained if there’s a missing required input after clicking Send. Thanks for reporting it!
I’ll add a note explaining that the entered text isn’t retained if there’s a missing required input after clicking Send. Thanks for reporting it!
Jun 26, 2026 at 05:39 PM