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> The ethical issues about modifying LOG files are, as Peter says, a
> decidedly slippery slope. Personally I will not edit them on my lists.
To the (several) folks who have mentioned ethics and policy as
issues in editing log files: I'm curious what you do if someone
posts, e.g. a large uuencoded picture of their kids, decidedly
off topic. It's something we've cleaned up half a dozen times
in the last couple of years. When it doubles or triples the
size of the typical log, it seems worth doing--people who order
the log later probably don't want the material. Furthermore,
we charge for disk space, so list owners have some motivation
to keep their minidisks (we're VM) to a reasonable size. On a
small disk a triple-normal log on a low-traffic list can put
a real kink in keeping the usual number of back logs online.
Dennis Boone
Michigan State University
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