Messages too short.

[Ferretfancy]

When replying to a thread with a contributor's quote, I sometimes get an error message telling me that my message is too short. I add a sentence and try again, but it still fails. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong ?
Sorry if this is a bit off thread.
Ferret

[cloughie]

When replying to a thread with a contributor's quote, I sometimes get an error message telling me that my message is too short. I add a sentence and try again, but it still fails. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong ?
Sorry if this is a bit off thread.
Ferret

I've occasionally had the problem, usually when I've erroneously gone inside a quote.

[antongould]

Yes I occasionally get it too ........I just cancel and try again but sometimes I have to come out of the site completely!

[Nick Armstrong]

When replying to a thread with a contributor's quote, I sometimes get an error message telling me that my message is too short. I add a sentence and try again, but it still fails. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong ?
Sorry if this is a bit off thread.
Ferret

I think what happened (thinking back to when the same has happened to me) is that you have inadvertently typed what you want to write inside the quote box - when you press "Post Reply", there appears to the Forum programme to be no actual message other than what is within the quotes...

I've just tried it deliberately with this message and indeed I got the 'message too short, make sure your message has at least 1 character' notification.

Make sure what you type is after the "[/QUOTE]" end of the quotation - you should have no bother.

[antongould]

Will do M'Lud

[Ferretfancy]

Thanks for the help, mustn't wear my varifocals at the keyboard !

[Bryn]

It's an easy one to get caught out on, especially if the quote is a long one of several paragraphs and the quote windows terminates at the end of one of them.

[salymap]

So glad to see this thread as I've been caught by this but, as always, think I'm the only one.

However, I did work out what was wrong as posted above, tricky though as the message sort of moves about of it's own volition.

[french frank]

... you should have no bother.

Indeed. One character seems not too much to ask for

(I've been caught on it too). And Brownie points for those who edit their quotes, so that only the relevant bit appears.

[Nick Armstrong]

Brownie points for those who edit their quotes, so that only the relevant bit appears.

Yes, Brown Owl !!

[Don Petter]

only the relevant bit appears.

Doesn't everyone?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

natch

[Serial_Apologist]

natch

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[Serial_Apologist]

Apologies for my last message - just thought I'd give it a test!

[Flosshilde]

I And Brownie points for those who edit their quotes, so that only the relevant bit appears.

But doesn't everybody do that?

I've been caught by the 'message too short' problem too - usually if I've quoted a query from a post & answered it with a quote from another post.