I'm thinking one way to do this is modifying the system stored proc sp_MSdel_xxx at the subscriber's db to simply "RETURN" (or do nothing) during my archive/purge maintenance window. But the challenge will be how would I distinquish between app's DELETE and my maintenance's DELETE 'cuz I still want DELETE (done by app) replicated down to subscriber. Geez... the more I think about this, it's getting more hairy....

Anyways... please help.

Thanh Nguyen