>Subj: SIZELIM needed? (was Correction: Top 20...) ... > Lewis' needlessly elephantine posting makes me wonder whether >LSTOWN-L would benefit from imposing a limit on the size of postings. >Say, SIZELIM> 250? > > Or perhaps the list should simply restrict posting to >subscribers? Since Lewis couldn't be bothered either to edit out the >hundreds of lines of egomaniacal filler or to check to see whether >LSTOWN-L is moderated, perhaps he also wouldn't have made the effort >to subscribe. > > Just my curmudgeonly thoughts for the day :-). > > Joan Korenman Internet: [log in to unmask] > Bitnet: korenman@umbc 582 lines? To a list of listowners?! And he's not even a subscriber (unless he's one of the five concealed members)! Not to mention possible copyright problems in sending out whole articles like that. Definitely, I would like to register myself as a fellow curmudgeon with Ms Korenman. A listowner's list, one would think, shouldn't have to set up protections like file size limitations or being closed, but perhaps it arises as a possibility ... Mario Rups [log in to unmask]