>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?
The "Back" key usually works for me, in those cases. Using Opera 8.0 and (recently) 8.5.
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