On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Winship wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Pete Weiss wrote:
> > This is some of my boilerplate:
>
> Do you think such things really do any good, Pete?  Oh, I
> know, a few people pay attention, but most, in my experience,
> ignore such, are better for a while, then revert to what's
> easiest, or reply with angry, abusive diatribes.
> Douglas Winship


The point is, Pete lets his subscribers know up front what is
expected and friendly behavior for participation on his list. He
then not only has every right --and every subscriber knows this
beforehand-- to assert control, but to SET abusers of the list's
policy to NOPOST if they do not wish to conform.

NOMAIL works.

Peter R