Am I the only one who, when trying to post a message to this Newsgroup
writes it out carefully, and when submitting it, is told to "log in"
and then the message is lost?

What a load of crap. Surely there must be a better way of being asked
to sign on BEFORE writing a message which is then lost when trying to
sign on.

Marc.

On 7 Sep 2005 13:41:43 -0700, "
wrote:

Am I the only one who, when trying to post a message to this Newsgroup
writes it out carefully, and when submitting it, is told to "log in"
and then the message is lost?

What a load of crap. Surely there must be a better way of being asked
to sign on BEFORE writing a message which is then lost when trying to
sign on.

Now you know to log on first, what's the problem?

Laurence Payne wrote:
On 7 Sep 2005 13:41:43 -0700, "
wrote:

Am I the only one who, when trying to post a message to this Newsgroup
writes it out carefully, and when submitting it, is told to "log in"
and then the message is lost?

What a load of crap. Surely there must be a better way of being asked
to sign on BEFORE writing a message which is then lost when trying to
sign on.

Now you know to log on first, what's the problem?

The problem is, Laurence, that (unless someone explains how) I cannot
"log on" first - the screen shows no such option, only when I press the
"Post message" button.

Marc.

wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On 7 Sep 2005 13:41:43 -0700, "
wrote:

Am I the only one who, when trying to post a message to this
Newsgroup writes it out carefully, and when submitting it, is
told to "log in" and then the message is lost?

What a load of crap. Surely there must be a better way of being
asked to sign on BEFORE writing a message which is then lost when
trying to sign on.

Now you know to log on first, what's the problem?

The problem is, Laurence, that (unless someone explains how) I
cannot "log on" first - the screen shows no such option, only when
I press the "Post message" button.

You must be using a different interface to the one I see. If I don't
sign in, using the members' sign-in link on the left of every page, and
I click on Reply, it says "You must sign in to Google to complete the
previous action."

If you go to http://groups.google.com , there is a "Members: sign in"
link about half way down the screen on the left-hand side.

You're not using a toy browser like Firefox, are you?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:28:18 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

You're not using a toy browser like Firefox, are you?

1. Firefox is not a "toy browser".
2. The same link is present in that browser as well.

Logging on first has advantages, as Groups will remember what messages
you've read and highlight new ones.

Neil

--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
When replying please use neil at the above domain
'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read.

Neil Williams wrote:
snip
Logging on first has advantages, as Groups will remember what messages
you've read and highlight new ones.

Perhaps the OP should try putting a tick in the 'Remember me on this
computer' tickbox on the login screen if he hasn't already tried doing
so. That is if his cookies are stored from one session to the next on
his locked down computer.

Richard J. wrote:
You're not using a toy browser like Firefox, are you?

!

As opposed to Internet Explorer, the browser choice of real men with
hairy cheasts?

Mizter T ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

As opposed to Internet Explorer, the browser choice of real men with
hairy cheasts?

Yeh, got to watch for those hairy cheats.

In message . com,
Mizter T writes
real men with hairy cheasts?
I'm not one of those, whatever they are, and I would like to know the
difference between browsers. I use Turnpike 6.02 for mail and
newsgroups and have tried to get newsgroups through Hotmail without
success. What are the merits and demerits of each browser? Is there
a comparison I can go to on the web? Thanks.
--
Clive

said:

Am I the only one who, when trying to post a message to this Newsgroup
writes it out carefully, and when submitting it, is told to "log in"
and then the message is lost?


You could try a proper newsreader, instead of using Google?