".......by th eway...can someone tell me what program they have to allow the highlighting of whatever you want?"

Hey fellow islander(Vancouver for me)! I compose a message on OpenOffice Writer 3.1, format the message, then cut and paste into Agoracom and the formatting is still there. Hope this helps!

http://openoffice.org-suite.com/index.asp?aff=101&camp=gg_oo_ca&se=google

...free download, by the way