>>I have used both CIS and UT extensively. And, I have been using CIS regularly for the last several months. There is no question, the CIS forums are easier to use. With an OLR (Offline Reader), you can quickly run a script each (or as ofter as you'd like) that D/Ls ONLY the new msg and files desc since your last visit.
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>UT also provides an off-line reader.
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>Vlad

That's true, but they are quite different. When on CIS you use the same OLR for everything and you can save your messages. Here, I use the UT OLR all the time, but for reading purposes only. I've kept lots of messages for future reference, then one day it trashed everything and I was left naked. Same for the message I'm writing right now, if I save it before sending it to you, it's lost forever! And you have no way to arrange things by yourself since the DBF headers are changed...

That said, I am not complaining: it's only a difference in focus. I'm used now to retrieve information from the huge UT database based on my needs. I can get at this valuable data in no time and Michel has the burden of keeping it safe for us. It's more a mental shift than anything else.

José