Here is a brief explanation of some of the questions you may have about Forum Message Posts.
Can I put html tags anywhere in my posts?
No. You can not use HTML tags in your posts. Because there is a potential for abuse, it was deemed safer to disallow the use of tags and certain special characters to ensure the integrity of the discussion forum.
Why are there colons in the message when I try to post a followup?
Colons appear in the message dialog box when you try to followup up on a message to indicate that those lines are quoting the previous document.
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What are the "Link URL" and "Link Title" lines for?
You can include the URL of a web page on the internet at the end of your post.
This could be anything from your personal home page to a reference to another site
that may have some information pertaining to the discussion thread. The Link URL
is where you would place the web page address (like http://www.iaengr.org). The link
title is what you would like to title your link in the posting.
Why do some posted follow-ups lead to nowhere?
This message area program creates an HTML document based newsgroup. That means
that as users fill out and submit information, new HTML documents are created 'on
the fly' or as needed by the program. Sometimes, after a message
has been deleted, the program is unable to recognize that the file that is linked
no longer exsists. We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest you to use the
"back" button on your browser to return to the previous page.