message too short error

[Melissa Nute]

Half of the time I try to post and I have a reply, an error message telling me my "message must at least be 2 characters long" shows up. I retype the message and it still shows up.

This may just be my computer being stupid.

[Brandon Martus]

What browser [and full version] and operating system are you using?

Also, is this on a quick reply, or normal reply screen.

Also, are you using the WYSIWYG editor [basic or advanced] or standard plain-jane input.

[Melissa Nute]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

What browser [and full version] and operating system are you using?

Also, is this on a quick reply, or normal reply screen.

Also, are you using the WYSIWYG editor [basic or advanced] or standard plain-jane input.

Internet Explorer. Version 6.0.2 on Windows XP Home Edition

On the normal reply screen...it isn't letting me use the Quick Reply

WYSIWYG editor...I really have no idea if it is basic or advanced

[Astronouth7303]

it isn't letting you use quick reply? That may be related...

Even if you type out a big message, it doesn't work? and the form is cleared? I would suspect security settings, but not sure.

[Brandon Martus]

Can you run a Windows Update, and make sure you have all the patches for IE.
Also, are you using threaded, hybrid, or linear mode to view the topics?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Meli W.

Half of the time I try to post and I have a reply, an error message telling me my "message must at least be 2 characters long" shows up. I retype the message and it still shows up.

This may just be my computer being stupid.

See that? ^

Ok, well if you hit the "reply" button on the bottom right of the post that you are replying to it will make you quote someone.

If you hit the "post reply" button on the bottom left of the thread, then you don't quote someone.

But, the story does not end there... oh no no no....

I have found out that if you hit the "reply" button and type within the quoted area, then it does not see it as you typing anything in there.
You have to type outside of the original quoted area, which I am doing now.
Hope this helps, I ran into that a few timese before and that's the only thing I can think that you are doing to get the message.
If worse comes to worse, you can hit the "reply" button but delete the [ quote ] & [ /quote ] at the beginning and end of the original quote in the text editor.

I had to do that when replying to the 2004 survey thread, so I didn't have to type all the questions over again.

[Melissa Nute]

I've ran a windows update.

I'm using the linear method.

Wait...the windows update fixed the problem.

[Brandon Martus]

glad to hear.