5 KB is totally unrealistic. It is very much the norm on most tech related e-mail lists and in many cases necessary to maintain the thread properly as it progresses. This isn't a bandwidth issue either. Listmom could just keep those footers off every mail if it is so important to stay under 5 KB. Brian On 4/24/06, Michele Forrester <macuzr at insightbb.com> wrote: > > On 4/24/06 Brian Durant wrote: > >"Your message to X-Newbies awaits moderator approval. > > > >Your mail to 'X-Newbies' with the subject > > > >Re: [X-Newbies] Media Player replacement for Windows Media Player. > > > >Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > > >The reason it is being held: > > > >Message body is too big: 5599 bytes with a limit of 5 KB > > > >Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive > >notification of the moderator's decision." > > > >What the #$&! is this? We aren't allowed to reply to a message more > >than 5 times, anymore??? > > > > Sounds like you need to trim off the excess info so it isn't such a > BIG message! > > Michele > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20060424/0fc57f65/attachment.html