> Hi all, in response to Aaron Morris email to bee-l, i kinda see your > point i get tired of rereading the first question or statement but > sometimes it helps to read the whole thing over again. besides isn't > this a discussion group??... Yes, this is a discussion group but again as in theatre (spelling for our British subscribers :) there's more going on than what's on stage. Consider raw volume - volume in downloads, volume in digests, volume in logs, volume in archives! It's more than just electrons traversing wires or residing on storage mediums, it's real time and real money! To respond to your query I have removed over 50% of what you posted, I have quoted what was necessary and removed the rest. I am not decreeing THOUT SHALL NOT REQUOTE!, I'm requesting and reminding that reposts of previously posted material adds VOLUMES to the transmissions and logs and lessens the discussions. > i have another question, why is bee-l limited to only fifthy (50) > post per day if they're 641 members?? Well first, 50 is the LISTSERV default. I didn't set it, it came that way. Second, a limit is a way to implement some sort of control on the volume of traffic. The unfortunate part is that there is no "value judgement" made on the posts, all posts are treated equally whether it's Malcolm Sanford posting the latest issue of Apis (IMO the best material posted to BEE-L) or if it's Joe Schmoe posting "I like APIS too!". As Dr. Seus would put it: "It really doesn't matter at all, a post is a post no matter how small!" For the record, I have started bumping the THRESHOLD to 100 on Friday afternoon and resetting it on Monday morning. This is not an invitation for more posts on the weekend, and my personal opinion is this is NOT the right thing to do, but it ensures that the list will stay up over the weekend. To get the original discussion of a 50 message limit send a single line of mail to: [log in to unmask] that reads: GETPOST BEE-L 18359 18398 20684 Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!