In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >To Whomever Requested Angela Write to Chat Only: > >Why was Angela told she could not simply write to both lists?
Steph Peters sent a very clear answer to this question to the list when Angela asked the question. Unlike those in the US, many have to pay per second for downloading messages, and some have limits on the amount of data they can receive. For those who subscribe to both lists, receiving long messages twice is irritating, and cross posting is therefore against the list "rules". Angela came up with a compromise - those who can subscribe to lace-chat (which is where anything without lace content belongs) - even temporarily - will be able to read the reports there. For those who are limited to receiving one list only (perhaps because they download at work) she is willing to forward to those people separately. This is a sensible suggestion from a very sensible Arachne. The choice of receiving such information is up to individuals as to which lists they subscribe to. If you want to receive chat messages, you should subscribe to chat - otherwise there was no point in separating the lists in the first place - the number of duplicate messages (not counting Jean's accidental triplicate [g]) has been rising again lately. Notifications like Angela's at least draw attention to the fact that there is something worth pricking your ears up to - even if it does mean subscribing to both lists for a few days. Traffic on chat isn't *that* heavy at the moment! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
