In a message dated 99-02-12 23:43:35 EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

> > 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.

You could, of course, add some absolute value in the filter algorithym for the
number of quoted lines, and, if the number was less than the selected value,
the ratio filter algorithym would not be applied.

John Roraback