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Message-ID: <0HH400JN86FW07@smtp2.clear.net.nz>
From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: Adminstrivia: Digest Limits/Netiquette

Len Rose wrote:

> We have increased the digest size again to 100K
> which is still somewhat small but it's growing
> thanks to those who still insist on quoting 
> so much text (including the mailing list trailers,
> and complete signatures).

Yeah, and they're nearly all braindead top-posters to boot...

> Please don't send 1 line replies to the list, send
> them to the intended recipient only. 

Right on...    8-)

I'm fully in favour of "quoted-line to new content" ratio moderation. 
Simply bounce any message with more quoted lines than non-quoted, or 
whatever more or less harsh ratio you think is reasonable.  Messages 
without "substantial" new content relative to quoted content are 
generally (like 95-99%) not worth the bandwidth, storage space or 
deletion time they "consume".

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald