On 12/08/2013 07:54 PM, AP wrote: > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Robert Holtzman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Replying to each email with "I see", "OK", "Thank you" usually means >> that the sender comes from a Windows background > > This is true. > >> They think it's like conversation. > > This is also true. > >> It's not. > > Okay...not I got this..... I think we people can easily chat here too!
I think there are some reasons why you should not "chat" on mailing lists: 1. Many people will read your mail long after it was sent when the content has already become meaningless. 2. Mailing lists are archived and the archives are intended to help people who stumble across the same issue later. A thread which is needlessly extended by messages without important content might make it harder to follow the thread to find the solution especially when it is not marked by a "[solved]" or a final summary. 3. Mails are heavier than IRC statements (full headers, signatures, and quotes from the previous thread are included). This means that it will cost people who log in after a "conversation" on a mailing list has taken place will have to download a lot of messages of similar sizes to those which contain real information. Posting a simple "OK" costs about as much bandwidth (if you quote properly) as a normal answer (like this message). 4. I am sure there are more reasons which I can just not think of now. GIYF. On the other hand, I do not mind anyone posting non-technical messages to this offtopic list because that is it's intention. Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/
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