Re: Premature sending of e-mail replies

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From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:25:03 -0500

"CrisP" <CrisP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A8E920E-DBF9-4190-9DEF-7DC356EE86EE@microsoft.com...
> My OE6 is suffering from premature transmission!
>
> Frequently when composing a reply I accidentally hit a combination of keys
> that sends the message before it is finished. I have experimented endlessly
> but am unable to repeat this deliberately and cannot find anything about it
> in the reference sources.
>
> Does anyone know the keys that do it or if I can turn the feature off?

There are two in particular to be careful to avoid: Ctrl-Enter and Alt-S.
In any case something which will help guard against it happening
even if you do hit those keys is set Work Offline while composing
(Alt-F,W). Then you can leave the option that Steve mentioned
checked so that when you are ready to click Send all you need to do
is toggle Work Offline back Online and it will go without you having
to do a separate Send/Receive operation.

Tip: You can add an Offline button to your toolbars to simplify these steps.
(Just don't click on the wrong button if the Send button is close to it. <eg>)
Another reason for having the button, even if you prefer to set Work Offline
by other means, is that it gives you a clear indication of the state of that
variable--e.g. the button appears depressed when Work Offline is set
and raised when it is not checked, regardless of how the change in state
was made--however, it may take a couple of seconds after a change
for the button to notice it and change itself appropriately.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle 

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>
> My only solution is to delete the address until the message is complete and
> ready to go.  However I sometimes forget to do this, with embarassing results
> when the same unfinished message goes off 3 or 4 times.
>
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