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Hey folks --
Over the last week I've been getting InDesign crashes (once or twicer daily) with the message "The network connection was lost for the file [filename] or the file was modified by another process." I suspect that it's occurring during autosaves, because there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for it.
The network connection is NOT being lost.
I've seen this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/323292 and it appears to have been an issue that was apparently solved in the past.
Our "server" is a ReadyNAS Duo using a drive formatted as EXT3, shared over AFP.
I realize this doesn't appear to be a common occurrance for any others out there, but... anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

Thank you all. Unfortunately, I AM our IT department.
I was sort of press-ganged into it. <rolleyes>
So, that answers some of the questions raised -- next, I know the connection's not being dropped because nothing else is raising holy heck about it (typically, in my experience, the finder is the first to yell).
Next, I have decent evidence that it isn't the network generally that's to blame -- three other users, no issues (all running CS3 -- albeit on different machines). I have to suspect that it's some combination of 10.5.6, the brand-new Intel Xeon desktop (mine), our network, and CS3.
Most likely, it may not even be an issue in CS4 -- unfortunately, I can't upgrade because as a design & advertising studio, we all need to be on the same version.
Sandee, I realize that there's no "autosave" per se, but surely InD must do some kind of magic behind the scenes, otherwise it wouldn't be able to restore files after a crash, correct?
Lastly, I just have to ask because it stuns me... What's the point of having a server if you don't work with the files on it? I'm supposed to copy the file onto my hard drive, work on it, and then copy it back when I'm done? What kind of efficiency is that? Really, I'm just curious -- if slightly incredulous.
(also, I'm going to leave this question open because who knows, maybe someone else will come along -- thanks again tho)

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