Dear Milliways muns,
I've changed my AIM settings so that I can only receive messages from people who are on my contacts list. I had the buddies-only setting when I first came to Milliways, but it was pointed out to me that this was inconvenient for other muns who wanted to do OOC coordination, so I set my AIM account to receive messages from everyone.
However, I have recently been receiving automated spam messages with links that will probably put viruses or spyware on my computer. I have a Mac so I'm not to worried about that stuff, but I have been getting more and more of these messages lately - to the point where I'm getting several every day - and it's extremely aggravating. Hence, I've put the buddies-only setting back on.
By now I have many of the active players at Milliways on my list, so this shouldn't be too much of a problem. I also tend to make a habit of contacting people I'm threading with for the first time anyway, so I don't think this will be
too much of a problem.
If for some reason I have not put you on my buddy list and you need to contact me by AIM, drop an OOC tag on any of my characters (
feminine_menace,
l33t_mouse,
azure_mercy,
synapse_circuit,
alien_bartender,
yinyangwizard,
shoeless_ed,
stargypsy and
paragonsoldier) saying that you want to talk to me and providing the name of the AIM account you're using. I get LJ e-mail alerts, so I should get your message promptly and put you on my contacts list.
Sorry about the inconvenience, folks.