IMO the message is useless because it doesn't tell this list anything it
doesn't already know ("Some people prefer medium X to medium Y").
I don't have anything in particular against messages with an empty body
if the entire message fits in the subject line.Andreas Säger wrote on Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 20:07:50 +0200: > Am 24.08.2011 13:31, bill wrote: > > > [yes, bill wrote nothing] > > This is the perfect example for a useless, off-topic message copied > into thousands of inboxes like all the "test" messages, > "unsubscribe!" rants, TOFU lessons and other bullshit in all the OOo > *user* forums. > > - In a forum this would have been moved into a quarantine box > together with a notification for bill. This happens within an hour > or so and hardly anybody would have noticed the non-issue. > - If there were some beef in the message, it would have been moved > to an appropriate subforum with a polite welcome and a hyperlink > pointing to the forum tutorial. And bill could learn how to find > already posted solutions and expand on existing topics. > - If there were spam or other violations of TOC it would have been > deleted and bill would have been banned. > > I like newsgroups and mailing lists for closed circles of > collaborating subscribers because everybody is notified about > everything. > In the year 2011 emails can not provide good support quality for a > product like OpenOffice.org. > > Just my 2 Cents, > Andreas >
