I was just making a suggestion and showing what it may look like if you were to put the icons at the bottom of the messages.
I really have no preference either way as I'm just gratefull that you're so willing to do these upgrades anyway.
As far as having enough room for future expansions I would think that the bottom of the posts, on their own line, would be the best place to put this new stuff. Anywhere else may cause problems later on.
The reply and the moderators/admins links to edit the post should probably stay where they are though. I think it's a bit more intuitive there. But added features such as email to friend, send to friend and what not should probably be at the bottom of the posts.
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