How 'bout a message-to-signature length ratio where signatures longer than the message is filtered? ;-) At 21:45 02/12/1999 Friday -0500, you wrote: |> A quote/message ratio filter would also be useful. a simple ratio |> of the lines that start with ">" to other lines would catch the |> large majority of excess quotes. | |Except in cases like this one, where the question is brief and the |answer just as brief. | |-- | Joe Clark | [log in to unmask] | <http://www.interlog.com/~joeclark>