Message too short?

[Karen]

It's happening again. Trying to post in the NFL 2008 topic up in general. Using both my browsers - Safari and Firefox - I get this message -

The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 2 characters.

This is what I was trying to post - it certainly isn't short.

Nest time it happens, just add a couple asterisks or something. That's something weird with your computer's interaction with the BBS software, I am guessing.

[Moesha]

Were you adding any of your own characters or just the quote? If it was just the quote, you need at least 2 of your own characters for it to recognize them. I just tried it with only a quote and got the same message.

[Grace]

Okay - I'll try to remember that for the next time.

Karen, I went back to look at the reason I posted about this originally. Now my short term memory isn't what it once was, and I freely admit that. But, that was a quote also, and I swear I remember posting that it was from CNN, before the quote. And I had the same problem.

I'll see if I can find another quote to practice on soon.

[Karen]

As I posted in the NFL thread, the software does not allow you to post something that is just a quote, so people always need to add their own comment, and don't just quote others' posts.

The software cannot tell whether you are quoting a post from Pet Talk, or from somewhere else, so just add your own two cents - for example, stating where you found the article, or whether you agree, and it'll let you post just fine.

[smokey the elder]

I always find putting in a link will help. That way people have the option of reading the whole article (I typically excerpt/paraphrase anyway.)