> The ethical issues about modifying LOG files are, as Peter says, a > decidedly slippery slope. Personally I will not edit them on my lists. To the (several) folks who have mentioned ethics and policy as issues in editing log files: I'm curious what you do if someone posts, e.g. a large uuencoded picture of their kids, decidedly off topic. It's something we've cleaned up half a dozen times in the last couple of years. When it doubles or triples the size of the typical log, it seems worth doing--people who order the log later probably don't want the material. Furthermore, we charge for disk space, so list owners have some motivation to keep their minidisks (we're VM) to a reasonable size. On a small disk a triple-normal log on a low-traffic list can put a real kink in keeping the usual number of back logs online. Dennis Boone Michigan State University