8.7.1999
From the "Somebody Please Save Me" department: Lockergnomie Gord Braun has stumbled upon a good habit. "If you are typing a lengthy e-mail message, namely something that's really important, I strongly suggest pressing CTRL+S at regular intervals. This action should save a (temporary) copy of your work in the 'Drafts' folder in Outlook or Outlook Express." This tip may also work in other e-mail programs (Eudora, Pegasus, Netscape, et al)... refer to your e-mail program's documentation to see if copies are automatically saved for messages which take a while to compose. This way, if something happens to your PC while you're in the middle of a message, all will not be lost. It's kinda like fire insurance--only not as hot.