Could we just ban him from the list and get on with the work? PLEASE?
The "powers that be" seem strangely reluctant. In any case, if list regulars would just stop responding, that would make a huge difference. Meanwhile, it's easy to filter mail from the list -- though that doesn't help folks getting the digest, which is a major drawback. (And, it's been less useful lately since so many people are joining in.) If an outright ban is still out of the question, here's another idea: create a new list, perhaps gutvol-bb. Auto-subscribe bb and everyone who has responded to him more than n times in the past m months. (Naturally, any of those can unsub, and anyone else can sign up.) Then, having provided a new outlet, ban bb from this list. -- Cheers, Scott S. Lawton http://Classicosm.com/ - classic books http://ProductArchitect.com/ - consulting