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>I have noticed a few things about this.
>1) I tried Agent for a month or so and it feels like running a MSDos
>programme, primitive and non-intuitive. I am not willing to pay for this
>functionality. OE is free without hacking.
>
>2) The people that seem to always have problems with threading or posting
>readability are almost always Agent users. For posting binaries it is a much
>better machine, I am sure.
>
>3) I have never had a virus scanner installed on my system in the 20 odd
>years I have been using MS op-systems. I have used a virus scanner the odd
>time but never required a full time scanner and the targetabilty is only
>because the results could be seen with such a popular browser. Once Agent
>becames more popular it will become a target also.
>
>4) no browser I have ever heard of or seen support bottom posting. They all
>separate the p[osted text from the posted header. Threading browsers have
>made the top down posting style obsolete in the 80s. Who ever puts their
>attachments of previous posts before their text. Do you do this in an email?
>The previous posts are all in the thread and available to anybody wanted to
>review the previous posts. The arguments for bottom posting are all moot.