Originally Posted by Patti

HI. I just discovered something regarding buddy lists. (I've never made a buddy list or an ignore list), but there is this option thing below that says that my options are set so that I can only accept private messages from users on my buddy list. I never set my options that way, so I guess it's some new thing set up. I've always been able to receive a message before this. I don't know if you (or anyone) tried to send a message lately, but I thought I had better let you know.
Do I need to write everyone's name in a buddy list just in case someone wants to send a private message?