"Dont ya just hate it when you go to Preview a longish post and that sucker just disappears into cyberspace? DOOH!" Actually, I may have stumbled onto a trick that defeats this (aside from copying the message into a text editor before hitting 'send'): if your post has been 'eaten', hit back and then forward (browser buttons). I had a post disappear once and did this, and was delighted to see that my text had reappeared. Fortunately, I haven't had a chance to try it again yet.