You can eliminate the HTML issue and reduce the frustration level
of subscribers whose email clients are not HTML-aware by adding the
following statement to the list header.

* Language= NoHTML

If the sender of a message used almost any HTML-aware email client
other than Eudora, the "package" received by LISTSERV will contain
two copies of the message text, separated by MIME headers. One copy
will be plain text, the other will be HTML-ized. This keyword setting
causes LISTSERV to remove the MIME attachment containing the HTML
from the message before processing.

If the sender used Eudora, there will be only one copy of the text, with
embedded HTML. Consequently, the HTML will not (cannot) be removed by
LISTSERV.

I don't know whether SIZELIM is checked before the HTML attachment is
removed, or after. Since it could make a difference in whether a given
message is accepted or rejected, it should (imo) be checked after the
attachment is removed.

Caveat: If the purpose of your list is to showcase the HTML skills
of the subscribers, you probably don't want to use this setting.

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
...
>* SIZELIM= hi-watermark
>
>This will no doubt cause certain posters a problem from time to time
>since they might have a legit posting that exceeds that value, esp. when
>you take into account mail headers, HTML encoding,   Some users will be
>able to figure out how to cut out excess text incl. HTML as well as
>quoting previous material.
...

--
Paul Russell
Senior System Administrator
University of Notre Dame