>>Fred,
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>>>I have a problem whenever I try to use the Preview Button: Whenevever I preview something and then use the Browser Back Button, I go back to an EMPTY reply! I've always got to remember to copy my message to the clipboard before I preview or else I lose it! :(
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>>What browser version are you using?
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>FWIW I have noticed this too (I thought it was just me). It doesn't happen all of the time, but when it does its really annoying. I have even posted before, and had nothing show here.
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>Come to think of it, I had one post just the person's auto quoted text. I think I see a pattern here.
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>It may be that when hitting the back button, the browser gives you a cached copy of what was there at the beginning of your edit (this would seem like a blank page if no auto quote).
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>I know this happened at work, and possibly here at home. At both places, I am using IE5 (I don't have the service pack info for my work browser, here I think I am just running the version that shipped with VS SP3, I haven't bothered to update, because this machine is due to stand down tomorrow).
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>HTH,
>Bill
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>PS I just previewed, came back and it was fine. Go figure

Yeah, it's not real consistant about when it works/doesn't work with me, either. I've gotten used to doing a select and Ctrl-C (copy) BEFORE I do a preview, just-in-case!