On Thu, 8 May 1997, e j m duggan wrote: : Bill: is it possible to set up a routine to check for quotes that : outweighs new material? I really think there ought to be something : to help those who can't or won't use restraint (like a bounce : routine) Can't be done without some hacking, as far as I know. Usenet news servers can do this - and it's a good thing - but mailing lists work differently. I heartily agree with Eddie. Please abide with the usual guidelines: trim down quoted material as much as you can and keep your lines to under 80 characters. Bill -- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : buff@vex.net : Caveat lector. http://www.vex.net/~buff/ <-- Anything on io.org is toast. - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca