[pchelpers] Reminder to list members (list settings and over quoting)

This is how the general setup of PC-Helpers is set. It may be your only 
look at it, so please try to picture what is going on:
Maximum body size is 5000 bytes. Posts with a body larger than this in 
bytes will be moderated.
Subject is required for each message. Any message without one is sent 
for moderation.
Quoting
»    quoting-limits    TRUE     (If true, posts to the list will be 
checked for overquoting.)
 
 quoting-line-reset    TRUE     If quoting-limits is on, should the 
count of quoted lines be reset if the user places their own text in the 
message? (This has the effect of making it so that quoting-max-lines is 
the              total number of lines that can be quoted at once IN A 
BLOCK, instead of in the entire message.)
 
» quoting-max-lines    30   If greater than 0 and quoting-limits is 
true, this is the maximum number of lines allowed to be quoted from a 
previous message.
 
   quoting-max-percent     0    If greater than 0 and quoting-limits is 
true, this is the maximum percent of the message allowed to be quoted 
from a previous post.
 
   quoting-tolerance-lines    7     If greater than 0, this is the 
number of lines that must be exceeded in the total message before the 
quoting percentage limit will be applied. It would be silly to have a 
25% quoting limit and have a three-line message be rejected because two 
lines were quoted.

In simple terms, you have a maximum of 30 lines you can quote in one 
block of text. Any more than that and the message goes to moderation. As 
most of you know it causes delays and sometimes confusion as you wonder 
why your message has not come through yet.

One of the effects of these settings is that very short messages don't 
get moderated. They usually go to the list immediately.

Please respond with any questions. I will try to explain any unclear items.

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