Andrew, The footer adds just a small amount of bytes to each message, and has actually meant that a significant number of list members have followed what is says when they have gone on holiday. In September, or thereabouts, the holiday bit can be dropped. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 16 July 2004 23:57 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Overquoting Hi, T This was one of the reasons I wanted to get rid of that footer - people, including me, quote the entire text. I really can't believe how much I quote now after switching to Outlook! Andrew. ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq