On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:07:12 -0500, Joel Newkirk <netfilter@newkirk.us> wrote in message <200301101507.12420.netfilter@newkirk.us>: > Please snip unrelated material out of a digest message when replying - > the other six messages had nothing to do with this... A single-line > response with over 450 quoted lines is a big waste, especially since > you didn't sign the response making it appear that there might be > more you had added further on in the quoted part. ..one way is have the list reject these long appended digest quotes with such give-aways as "netfilter digest, Vol 1 #514 - 7 msgs" in the subject line. The appropriate response IMNTHO is return these abuses back to the abuser, asking him to remove his abusive waste before reposting. Procmail can automate this. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.