Dear Listers, A message received from a fellow subscriber, who has given me permission to post: ". . . I am increasingly being driven mad by list messages with masses of irrelevant previous information left trailing at the end! I subscribe to several lists in digest form and it is definitely an increasing problem. <snip> I'm not sure my scrolling finger will survive the task [of reading Digest messages] unless people improve!" PLEASE keep this subscriber from being driven completely round the bend and save the sanity of your fellow subscribers and list administrator (oops! too late for her!) by remembering to snip when replying to messages. Most of you are very good at this, but some of you are TERRIBLE, despite repeated nagging messages from me. As much as I enjoy spending all of my free time sending reminders to the culprits (not!), I've decided to consider some alternatives, sooooo. . . If you are a repeat offender and fail to snip when replying to a message, prepare to suffer these consequences in lieu of thumb screws: One reminder = one week on moderation, Two reminders = continued moderation and switched to receive list messages in Digest mode, Three reminders = involuntary "holiday" from the list Don't let this happen to you! Snip! Best wishes, Lynne List Admin. PS Don't know what "snip" means? To snip is to eliminate extraneous text, replacing it with "<snip>" to indicate the entire message hasn't been quoted. When replying to a post, it is not necessary to include the entire original message (although you should include some of it, for context). Either summarize the previous post and add your comments, or include the parts to which you would like to respond and delete the rest. Including entire original posts takes up bandwidth, reduces readability of your message and, as noted, drives us crazy. Parts of the text that you have omitted should be indicated with <snip>. To do this, you can just highlight the text you want to delete and type <snip> in its place. For more information, search the web for "snip" plus "e-mail."