I think the answer is clear: send out one post to the list. Explain the situation (clearly and unbiased) in your own words. Also explain to the list why you are taking the action you are. In this, point out that the encoded files are long and, possibly, only useful to a few people on the list who know what to do with them. Further, explain to people that the traffic that will be added to the list may drive some people away from it and ruin an otherwise peaceful list, in your opinion. Doing such will put you in a good light and take a lot of wind out of the troublemakers sails. As was said already, let them start a list of their own. It will get bogged down in no time. People on the list will then respond to you in private or on the list. If people complain about what you are doing en-masse (that WILL NOT happen), then you may consider a compromise. Else leave it as is (and say this after you give people a week to respond to you). As for the censorship issue, please keep in mind that many people confuse censorship with other things. If you are cutting him off because of his views on something, that is one thing - clearly censorship, but if you are protecting the list from being bombed with encoded files, that is not censorship. So don't worry about that - it is sort of like having security at an airline terminal - keeping the terrorists out at the expense of people being able to walk every inch of the earth. Well justified. ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** ** Geert K. Marien : [log in to unmask] (Bitnet: GKMQC@PUCC) ** ** ListOwner: AIRLINE, NODEINFO, RAILROAD, STAMPS, The INDIA List ** ** (All contents are my own opinions - unless otherwise stated) ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ **