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There has been discussion about breaking up Museum-L into more specialized
groups (including a CIDOC list for museum documentation). When these proposals
first flashed by I did not think it was the way to go, but now that my service
provider has said they can't support the cost of the number of messages coming
from Museum-L, I wish there were smaller lists that I could continue with.
 
Perhaps this could also be taken as a caution to keep the amount of fluff in the
list to a minimum; personal replies, messages that should have gone to the
listserv, replies which quote lengthy messages that have already been
distributed, all add cost somewhere, even if in most cases the user of the list
does not foot the bill.
 
If you respond to this message, I would appreciate receiving a copy, since I
won't be getting it from the list. No listserv is better than no e-mail at all.
 
       jim swanson | whyte museum of the canadian rockies | banff, alberta
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