Are you referring only to banners repeated in replies. How would you set your script for that purpose. If not, wouldn't your option in effect prevent anyone with advertising-supported mail services. (e.g. Juno) from posting to the the list? Is that what you want? At 12:05 PM -0700 06/18/01, rex Sheasby wrote: >This is doable.... as an option to >bounce the message back to the sender with a message explaining why >the post was rejected: "Your post to XXX-L was rejected due to >excessive quoting, in particular, quoting the bottom banner. Please >remove the bottom banner and all other irrelevant material and submit >the post again." > >The great majority of those who overquote include the bottom banner, and >so this option would immediately reduce thoughtless overquoting with >no effort on the list owners part. > >-rex ___________________ Jane-Kerin Moffat <[log in to unmask]>