ok, you're right. i can find the 'bottom banner' in the archive, but also
can't see them using the web archive interface ?!

thanks
-ulrich-

p.s.: btw, is the below explained behavior somewhere noted in the manual, so
      i can forward it to the owner of the list (at least i can't find it) ?
      he just showed me the following sentence :

>- TOP_BANNER, BOTTOM_BANNER (optional): when these template forms are
>  present, their contents are automatically inserted at the top
>  (respectively bottom) of each and every message posted to the list.
>                        =========================
>  Typically, the top banner would be used for a copyright or short
>  legal warning which absolutely has to be seen by each and every
>                                 ================================
>  reader. The bottom banner could contain instructions for signing off
>  the list, a disclaimer, an acknowledgement of a sponsor's
>  contribution, a "tip of the week", etc.



At 20:27 4-09-2001 -0400, Ben Parker wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:31:22 +0100, Ulrich Giese <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>>        bottom banners are deleted when attachments are send.
>
>No.  The bottom banner is added in a location outside of the normally visible
>MIME message part.  This makes it non-visible in many mail readers.  It
will be
>found if you have a mail reader that allows you to see the 'raw' form of the
>message or if you look in the list message archives.  This doesn't
necessarily
>help but the banner is not deleted.
>