Subject: Re: COMP.SYS HELP
From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
Date: Sat, Oct 24, 1998 06Ç31,( 
Message-id: <36327F77.EA1948DE@swbell.net>

Obsbedia2 writes ...
> 
> I'm still green on Comp.Sys.Apple2.
> Why do my postings sometimes stay up only one review by me, sometimes not at
> all, but sometimes I can check back days later and their still there?  Same
> question for other folks postings that I read.
> Jay

     One good way to handle reading and posting to newsgroups on AOL is
to use AOL "flash sessions". In a flash session you download postings to
your hard disk which you can peruse off-line in your Personal Filing
Cabinet; so, they are never lost.

     A flash session will also send any replies you have written while
off-line, too. (Really, the convenience of the Personal Filing Cabinet
and the ease of handling newsgroups on AOL via flash sessions is the
main reason it took so long for me to leave AOL, even when they were
bombing badly after going to unlimited time a couple years ago.)

     It has been a while since my AOL days, but, as I recall, there is
plenty of info on setting up and using flash sessions in the AOL browser
Help files. It's pretty easy to do.

     In case you want to see whether or not something you've posted has
actually made it to Csa2, a good check is to go to Deja News at
http://www.dejanews.com and search for your posting.



Rubywand