>>The point is that Listserv should know to stop comparing two messages >>after the "--" point. > > In that case there is NO oficial standard and Listserv should not > try to guess what can be a signature, IMHO. It is widely followed. Listserv's filtering such messages, even if they are x% of the total, is better than some listmanager nabob's throwing up his hands and dismissing the whole concept because it is not formally enforced, as if anything really *is* in a world with Outlook Express, GroupWise, WebTV, AOL, a million Web-based-E-mail programs, and other nonstandard snatchmail software all running amok. -- Joe Clark [log in to unmask] <http://www.interlog.com/~joeclark>