I tend to edit my posts after the fact (usually for spelling . In the last couple of days, I've noticed that when I click the "Edit Message" button, when the edit screen comes up, I lose all or part of the post's Subject line. I haven't tried it with different browser to see if it's a browser specific problem, (I'm using Mozilla 1.0). Has anyone else experienced this?

I don't know why it happens.  Maybe the programmer can tell us.

if it has something to to with the length of the string or if you include special characters? It seems to happen more often with longer subject lines or if I include quotation marks.

thirsty

No glitch, we have been having problems recently with users altering there messages "after the fact" to making the threads very hard to understand.  I set it so you can only edit a message for 24 hours after you post it.

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It happened to me again with a message that I left this morning. When I went back in, I was able to edit the message but the Suject line was deleted and I had to re-type it.

I assume that you're saying messages older than 24 hours cannot be edited at all (which is a good idea, btw).

thirsty

puting a quote mark (") in the subject line. When you go to edit the post the quote mark and everything after it is missing from the subject line. That is one reason that I use apostophes (') in the subject line instead of quote marks. It may not be correct English, but it makes editing easier.

There may be other reasons, but that is the only one I've observed.

I tend to change the subject by quoting a line from the previous post when I reply. I'll try using the apostrophe instead.

thirsty

I don't like the 24 hour restriction.  Suppose a provider gets busted - she should be able to go back and delete all her postings.

Another scenario - my wife discovers my alias.  I might want to go back and delete any inciminating postings.