I'll list some "rules & guidelines" that were recently posted by the moderator to a list for listowners by which we ought to "govern" ourselves on this list: "The list is not to be used for purposes of discussion of other lists, listowners, subscribers, technical nit picking or controversy." "Discussion shall be objective in nature by not disparaging the ideas of others and by presenting your opinions as opinions. Flaming of others is prohibited." "Quoting/Signatures ------------------ As required by the administration to be enforced for your own list, quoting and signature lines shall be reduced to the minimum" "Mailer Configuration -------------------- Turn off HTML encoding and set your mailer to send in "Plain Text" format." "Moderation ---------- This is is "semi-moderated" list." i.e. If you adhere to the policies outlined and guidelines in the Welcome Message, you are free to post instantly. "from ADMIN: "To refresh everybody's memories, the disk space problem still is becoming a more critical issue." " My interpretation of all of the above is that we are "free" to provide support and information in the best way we know how; but, because of a "disk space problem" we should: - limit ourselves when it comes to quoting messages to which we reply - limit sig. files and "cute" sayings or lines at the end of our messages - send short messages such as "Thank you", "Congratulations", "Me too" etc. privately rather than to the list Thank you for your cooperation. listowner