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Hi Richard,

I have just spent what feels like an hour typing up a very detailed, and what I hoped would be useful response to another forum member, but of interest to others too.

I was called away by my wife and returned perhaps 10 minutes later to find that this posting box required me to log in again.

Upon doing so, I found that I was left with the original quote from the other member, but my hour's worth of typing was gone.

Is there some way of preventing this, because it is quite soul-destroying?

Sadly I can't waste another hour re-creating what I did.

Kind regards,


Jim

Perhaps you could type it up in a word document then copy and paste it into the reply box?

Blackouts suggestion is probably the answer.

Save draft is the answer surely?

Sawdust.

Also, when you log in, there is the option to stay log in - this is what I do, and I've never had your problem.
(I do not recommend this on a public PC)

It is also possible that your browser or internet connection was partly to blame - e.g. if your ISP re-allocated your DNS address whilst you were gone, then the website would think you were on a different machine/address.