>Since recently, when sending a reply, I occasionally get a message stating that the database is currently updated and that I must be patient and then retry.
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>No sweat, but the problem is that my reply gets lost!! That's no problem if it's a single line of text, but if it's a lot of text then it's troublesome.
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>Can this be dealt with, for example by temporarilly showing a stop sign or disabling the Send button?

Peter,

I agree that it's annoying but Back button in IE always works for me in such cases. What browser are you using?