Am I unclear on what I want done or is this impossible? =)
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Tribaliztic, it is doable but it would require some intensive modification of post_info.asp and pop_delete.asp though.<

Just showing the icons won't enable the user to actually delete or edit the post. If that was the case, simulating the link would enable any user to do that, wouldn't it ? So, in pop_delete.asp (for deleting), post.asp (the edit interface) and post_info.asp (the actual update script after editing) there are checks built in to check if the user doing the modification is authorised to do so. Those checks would need to be updated as well.<

Yeah, everywhere you see mlev, you will have to check for topic author instead. Your time might be better invested in writing a function with a boolean return value so that you can check it easily in multiple places.<

ROFL .. np.
Most of the code checks for mlev (3-moderator, 4-admin, etc..) to see if "they" can edit the post. If you want the topic author to have moderator control I think the easiest way to do it would be to write a function to replace the mlev check. Maybe you would pass the topic_id to the function and it would return the author_id. Check that against the current member_id and if true then the post can be editted.
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