Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> ...
> The 'do not archive' business probably got started by guys who frequent
> the RV-list & other lists sponsored by Matt Dralle & Matronics. He has
> the feature in his list software so that deletion is automatic if the
> words are included anywhere in the post. His list is run not-for-profit,
> so he might be willing to share the code (he wrote it) if you are
> interested.

   Actually, that feature dates back to usenet groups.  It
was a common feature of *N*X-based list servers, as a way
to conserve scarce disk space.  By the time that Mickeysoft
servers ascended to their present level of coverage, disk
space had become (relatively) cheap, so it wasn't routinely
implemented.

Dale R.