[log in to unmask] (Brian Peasey) wrote, in part: >I'm a new listowner and things seems to be going well, except for one >thing. On a daily basis I recieve error messages when subscribers, >who excessively quote in their replies, include the original headers. > >I've tried posting weekly warnings, ... IMHO, weekly/monthly messages to your list are counterproductive unless they contain significant information pertinent to the list discussions. (Can you say "unopened junk mail"?). I have had very good luck simply sending the author a fixed file such as (I have a few for each of a few special occurrences) ... :Hi, : :Your article to Hockey-L was not distributed because you included the :entire article from a previous article. Please resubmit your article :including only what you feel is necessary for us to understand your :reply. IMHO, no quote was necessary. Quote of a signature block is :always a bad idea. Thanks for your interest and involvement with the :college hockey lists, wayne : :Wayne T. Smith Systems Group -- CAPS :[log in to unmask] University of Maine System :Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3