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.
<br><br>Brian<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michele Forrester</b> <<a href="mailto:macuzr@insightbb.com">macuzr@insightbb.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 4/24/06 Brian Durant wrote:<br>>"Your message to X-Newbies awaits moderator approval.<br>><br>>Your mail to 'X-Newbies' with the subject<br>><br>>Re: [X-Newbies] Media Player replacement for Windows Media Player.
<br>><br>>Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.<br>><br>>The reason it is being held:<br>><br>>Message body is too big: 5599 bytes with a limit of 5 KB<br>><br>>Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
<br>>notification of the moderator's decision."<br>><br>>What the #$&! is this? We aren't allowed to reply to a message more<br>>than 5 times, anymore???<br>><br><br>Sounds like you need to trim off the excess info so it isn't such a
<br>BIG message!<br><br>Michele<br></blockquote></div><br>