[Air-l] bram's idea

[Jonathan Sterne]

At 12:01 PM 1/11/02 -0500, air-l-request at aoir.org wrote:
>From: Bram Dov Abramson <bda at bazu.org>
>Subject: [Air-l] Re: netiquette needs a new command
>Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> >What's needed is for listservs to have a different sort of Reply command,
>
>You know, a halfway solutiojn wouldn't be that hard to write.
>
>Small script which reads incoming listserv messages.  Counts the
>number of lines that begin with ">".  Counts the number of lines that
>don't.  If the former is, say, at least double the latter, then
>refuse the message with an automated response mailed back to the
>sender.

Hi All,

Just a note to endorse Bram's idea and to add that it works on another list 
I use (the Bottom Line, a list for bassists).  In fact, they say that if 
the quoted material is longer than the original message, the message gets 
bounced.  They also don't allow "subject" headers with the last digest 
number in them, so people actually have to type in the subject.  If your 
message gets bounced, you get a polite note with it explaining what to do 
so that it won't be bounced next time.  Highly recommended.

Best,
--J