Dear Vicky, Yes. There have definitely been perceived problems communicating with Lyn directly, and with the punctuation marks in her messages. Avital has been more than fair and diplomatic with suggestions to alleviate the problems. I have privately communicated with Lyn from time-to-time, and met the offending automatic "suspect email" (her description) message. I just plowed through the interruption and sent my message, and she received. I share the feeling of being put off (insulted) by her service provider's interruption. I maintain a large personal international correspondence, and this is the only one giving these 2 "problems". After giving this additional thought this morning, I remembered Lyn is an attorney (lawyer/barrister). She once told me that she was assigned by the court system to represent some pretty hardened criminals. She may need a correspondence protection solution for this reason -- one that protects her and the individuals writing to her. It just needs to be a solution that considers manners, and does not imply we lace makers have criminal intent toward her.
Arachne offers a friendly way for lace makers to communicate. I hope this is soon remedied, so we can get back to pure LACE correspondence. Regards, Jeri Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 4/20/2012 1:48:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Spiders, With only curiosity, I am wondering about how some of our messages are appearing to each other in light of Clay's and Lyn's recent messages. Lyn's messages (as well as some others) appear to me (on AOL) with three diamonds filled with a question mark wherever there should be an apostrophe or quotation mark. My eyes can adjust to figuring this out fairly easily and I don't think much about it. A test attempt to reply to Lyn's message (without actually sending the reply) does not appear to be asking me to apply for any special permission as Clay was experiencing. I am just wondering what other Arachneans' systems are experiencing with regard to how messages look, as well as special permissions like Clay described being requested (in general, not just to Lyn). I have never had a request to apply.................. Vicki in Maryland - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
