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