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Jason wrote:
...

> Surely then that's another important question. Do the 
> majority of users access the topics through usenet or 
> through the web interface. If through the web interface 
> then it's my opinion (granted it doesn't count for much) 
> that top posting is sufficient since the previous posts are 
> easily identified. 
...

Usenet here -- and based on the observations when TMW was trotting out 
the new interface, far more posts were from non-TMW interface than 
theirs judging by the number with the tell-tale line wrap problems.

I'd venture a conjecture that the most new posters are actually using 
the Google portal although that is simply conjecture based on some 
observable quirks rather than looking at any sizable number of posting 
headers...

But the fact remains c.s-s.m _is_ a usenet group...

There was a thread not terribly long ago iirc where the question was 
asked as to whether that should be changed and the consensus was "no"...

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