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I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.

Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
"hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
with the same subject.

Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
threads.

Comments????
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I delete all my newsgroup headers after a week.

How do I delete old newsgroup headers?
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#delnews

Of course this doesn't apply to you, you're using CDO.

Two month old thread, I'll never see it.

If you want any answers to your questions, post a new thread, after you look
around round for answers on your own first.

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

And if you are going to frequent newsgroups at all.....

Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 is akin to bear skins and stone knives.

Do yourself a favor and setup a real newsreader.

Outlook Express came free with XP.

Use it.

You will later wonder why you didn't setup OE as your newsreader sooner.

MICROSOFT PUBLIC NEWSGROUPS
[[There are many valuable newsgroups on the msnews.microsoft.com server, on
nearly every available topic and in many different languages. Clicking the
links below will automatically create any necessary account configuration in
Outlook Express and take you directly to the newsgroup you have selected -
no complicated technical configurations are needed!]]
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Using Outlook Express To View Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fdirectory%2fworldwide%2fen-gb%2fnewsout.asp

Viewing and Posting to Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/newsgroups.asp

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Getting News from Newsgroups
Ignore this part ->> Access a newsgroup right from the Web.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.asp

Set Up Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/setup.asp

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express: Power User Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

Outlook Express newsgroups 101
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

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In news:3EE7654C-4915-4DF1-AABF-C5F1B23CF06D@microsoft.com,
doonboggle <doonboggle@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
> Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a
> 'thread' that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
>
> Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
> "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new
> thread with the same subject.
>
> Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO,
> an 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum,
> ettiquette highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be
> maintained ... rather than cluttering up the internet with superflous
> repetitive same subject threads.
>
> Comments????
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doonboggle wrote:
> I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
> Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
> that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
>
> Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
> "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
> with the same subject.
>
> Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
> 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
> highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
> than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
> threads.
>
> Comments????

Search for a resolution using Google web search and search the
newsgroups using Google groups to look for similar posts and more
importantly solutions. Many issues are asked and answered many times
and a bit of searching can often times yield an answer. Don't be lazy
and expect others to do the work for you.

If no solution is found then post a new thread, giving all the relevant
information in a concise and complete form describing your system.

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

How to Act Smart on Usenet
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Tlo the last 2 responders( Rock & Leythos), this is precise and exactly what
I did. First, I searched via google. One of the main two (2) 'hits' came
back with the thread I mentioned.

Upon reading it, and seeing it was 98% applicable to my question's point,
went ahead and posted to it ... rather than begin a new, IMO, repeated
thread. The remaining 2% simply had to do with the original posters
referenced WindowsXP process concerning a like Windows file; ie, CleanDisk
versus Defragmenter.

Thanks to the both of you.

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"Rock" wrote:

> doonboggle wrote:
> > I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
> > Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
> > that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
> >
> > Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
> > "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
> > with the same subject.
> >
> > Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
> > 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
> > highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
> > than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
> > threads.
> >
> > Comments????
>
> Search for a resolution using Google web search and search the
> newsgroups using Google groups to look for similar posts and more
> importantly solutions. Many issues are asked and answered many times
> and a bit of searching can often times yield an answer. Don't be lazy
> and expect others to do the work for you.
>
> If no solution is found then post a new thread, giving all the relevant
> information in a concise and complete form describing your system.
>
> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> How to Act Smart on Usenet
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
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>
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From: "doonboggle" <doonboggle@discussions.microsoft.com>

| I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
| Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
| that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
|
| Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
| "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
| with the same subject.
|
| Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
| 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
| highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
| than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
| threads.
|
| Comments????
| --
| doon

Unless you were replying to the the orginal question, yes, you hijacked an old thread. Two
months is old. Even replying to a question that is almost two months old is ridiculous as
the poster who created that thread most likely will not care or revisit so long after.

You should have created new thread and not replied, with a question, in an old thread. I
think the feedback was valid as you explined the situation.

My 2 cents ( however, one of those pennies is a 1909 VDB )

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In article <3EE7654C-4915-4DF1-AABF-C5F1B23CF06D@microsoft.com>,
doonboggle@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
> Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
> that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
>
> Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
> "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
> with the same subject.
>
> Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
> 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
> highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
> than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
> threads.
>
> Comments????

Anything more than a week or so is outdated - meaning that if it's not
got a stream of active posters, if it's at least a week since the last
post, it's a dead thread in most cases.

As for posting to a thread, outdated/dead or not, with the same problem,
as long as it really was the same problem, it's perfectly fine.

What you will find is that since adding web access to Usenet services,
there are just a lot more a$$holes available to be snotty.

So, any post that is more than a week old without new posts, is an old
thread - but that doesn't mean you can't post new content if it's
specifically related to that same thread.


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After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had this to
say:

> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP POSTING
when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and especially
that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.


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"NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had this to
> say:
>
> > Making Good Newsgroup Posts
> > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP POSTING
> when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and especially
> that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.
>
>
> --
> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>
 
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I perfer top posting!




NoStop wrote:
> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had
> this to say:
>
>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP
> POSTING when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and
> especially that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.

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If it annoys you so much, don't read my posts.

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In news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no,
NoStop <nostop@stopspam.com> hunted and pecked:
> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had this to
> say:
>
>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP POSTING
> when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and especially
> that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.
>
>
> --
> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
 
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"NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had this to
> say:
>
>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP POSTING
> when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and especially
> that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.
>
>
> --
> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>

Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a problem how do
you configure OE to automatically place your post and the sig at the end of
your reply?
 
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Americantechie wrote:
> "NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
> news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
>> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had
>> this to say:
>>
>>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP
>> POSTING when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link
>> and especially that MVP's set a better example by following this
>> practise. --
>> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
>> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
>> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
>> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>>
>
> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a problem
> how do you configure OE to automatically place your post and the sig
> at the end of your reply?

Google, Lazy bastard.

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1. Ignore NoStop.
2. Use OE and top post.
3. As for Kurt - he has his moments. :eek:)
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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:eoRgXnCjFHA.2852@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Americantechie wrote:
>> "NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
>> news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
>>> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had
>>> this to say:
>>>
>>>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>>>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>
>>> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP
>>> POSTING when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link
>>> and especially that MVP's set a better example by following this
>>> practise. --
>>> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
>>> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
>>> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
>>> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>>>
>>
>> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a problem
>> how do you configure OE to automatically place your post and the sig
>> at the end of your reply?
>
> Google, Lazy bastard.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
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Kelly wrote:

> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in
> message news:eoRgXnCjFHA.2852@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Americantechie wrote:
>>> "NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
>>>> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had
>>>> this to say:
>>>>
>>>>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>>>>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>>
>>>> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP
>>>> POSTING when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link
>>>> and especially that MVP's set a better example by following this
>>>> practise. --
>>>> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
>>>> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
>>>> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
>>>> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a
>>> problem how do you configure OE to automatically place your post
>>> and the sig at the end of your reply?
>>
>> Google, Lazy bastard.
>
> 1. Ignore NoStop.
> 2. Use OE and top post.
> 3. As for Kurt - he has his moments. :eek:)


Thanks Kelly! Supposedly American't'echie plonked me. ;-)

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After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Peter Foldes had this to
say:

> And I wish that Ford would not have dropped the Model A in 1919. They
> could have set an example
>
What a bunch of pathetic morons! Unable to see that conversations don't
start with answers and end with questions.


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LOL. You are funny. When responsible you do it before you are told to
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"NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message news:iA_Ce.1979343$Xk.567785@pd7tw3no...
> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Peter Foldes had this to
> say:
>
> > And I wish that Ford would not have dropped the Model A in 1919. They
> > could have set an example
> >
> What a bunch of pathetic morons! Unable to see that conversations don't
> start with answers and end with questions.
>
>
> --
> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>
 
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"Americantechie" <john(dot)fuller@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:uTV0MmBjFHA.1968@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> "NoStop" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
> news:XOYCe.1978993$Xk.1751233@pd7tw3no...
>> After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Wesley Vogel had this
>> to
>> say:
>>
>>> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
>>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> What's missing is the long term netiquette with UseNet is NO TOP POSTING
>> when replying. Wish it was added to the info on that link and especially
>> that MVP's set a better example by following this practise.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Still running XP (The Toy Operating System eXPerience)?
>> Kiddies, don't forget to defrag your hard drive & update your virus
>> definitions. And NEVER connect to the Internet!
>> http://w-3productions.com/more.jpg
>>
>
> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a problem how
> do you configure OE to automatically place your post and the sig at the
> end of your reply?
>

If you are using OE. Try this freeware:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/oequotefix.html
 
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"Americantechie" <john(dot)fuller@nospamgmail.com> wrote in:

> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a problem
> how do you configure OE to automatically place your post and the sig at
> the end of your reply?

Putting the cursor at the top is a good idea because it allows you to scan
through the post, interleave your replies if you so desire and snip anything
you don't wish to quote.

You can select not to have the signature added automatically and then add it
yourself at the end of your post or you can use one of the various utilities
recommended by others such as Quote Fix or Fido Look but if you plan to use
newsgroups a lot (and there is a great deal of helpful information available
along with a whole lot of that isn't!) you might consider getting a better
newsreader, there are several that are free.

My preference is Xnews available at http://xnews.newsguy.com

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<d_r_norton@yahoo.com>
 
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In news:uTV0MmBjFHA.1968@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Americantechie <john(dot)fuller@nospamgmail.com> typed:

> Ok, so I am new at posting to newgroups. If top posting is a
> problem
> how do you configure OE to automatically place your post and
> the sig
> at the end of your reply?


You can't. You can either move the cursor manually or you can run
a third-part party program which will change Outlook Express's
behavior to do this. Try OE-Quotefix at
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

Personally, rather than either top-posting or bottom-posting, I
prefer answers to individual points placed after the points
themselves, interspersed in-line in the message. So I don't care
where the cursor is placed automatically. Since the software
doesn't know where I'm going to reply, I almost always have to
move the cursor myself anyway.

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:37:50 GMT, NoStop <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote:

>After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Peter Foldes had this to
>say:
>
>> And I wish that Ford would not have dropped the Model A in 1919. They
>> could have set an example
>>
>What a bunch of pathetic morons! Unable to see that conversations don't
>start with answers and end with questions.

Unless you are playing Jeopardy :)
 
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doonboggle wrote:
> I do not visit newsgroups that often; and would llike to ask a question.
> Yesterday I posted a query about an issue I am having, with XP, to a 'thread'
> that was begun in May of this year ... barely 2 months ago.
>
> Today I received a response in which the poster 'chewed' me out for
> "hijacking" an 'outdated' thread ... and stated I should start a new thread
> with the same subject.
>
> Of course I retorted back that a thread barely 2 months old is not, IMO, an
> 'outdated' thread ... and further that proper internet, and forum, ettiquette
> highly suggests that threads as 'new' as this one be maintained ... rather
> than cluttering up the internet with superflous repetitive same subject
> threads.
>
> Comments????

It really depends on the group. In some newsgroups a 2 month old thread
would be one of the newer threads. this group gets hundreds of posts a
day, any thread over a week old is probably not going to be seen by most
as there is too much newer traffic to sort through.

I don't think you were hijacking if your query was on subject for the
thread. However you have a much better chance of getting a reply if you
post under a new thread due to the volume of traffic in this group.
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From: "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org>

| 1. Ignore NoStop.
| 2. Use OE and top post.
| 3. As for Kurt - he has his moments. :eek:)
| --
|
| All the Best,
| Kelly (MS-MVP)
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Change #2 to download and use FidoLook -- http://www.fidolook.org/

It adds to OE...

Bottom Posting
yEnc file viewing
X-Face viewing
Header editing { You can then include your own X-Face in a post this way }
Templates

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David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org>
>
>> 1. Ignore NoStop.
>> 2. Use OE and top post.
>> 3. As for Kurt - he has his moments. :eek:)
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>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
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> Change #2 to download and use FidoLook -- http://www.fidolook.org/
>
> It adds to OE...
>
> Bottom Posting
> yEnc file viewing

Not helpful for text base USENET

> X-Face viewing

Not helpful for text base USENET, plus it servers no useful purpose.

> Header editing { You can then include your own X-Face in a post this
> way }

Not really necessary, and X-Face is useless.

>Templates

Not necessary.

OEquotefix is a much simpler interface, and does the basic job needed.
Fidolook is a PITA in that it does too much that really isn't necessary.

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