[D-community-offtopic] A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 09:55:08AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

         ........snip.......
> 
> So if you already ask something on several other mailing lists, don't
> ask the same questions again. It's also common practise not to replay to
> each mail, sometimes "You are welcome!", "Thank you!", "+1" is ok, but
> to reply to each mail "I see", "Ok", is meant polite, because we do this
> in verbal discussions, but not welcome on mailing lists.

Replying to each email with "I see", "OK", "Thank you" usually means
that the sender comes from a Windows background and isn't familiar with
mail lists. They think it's like conversation. It's not.  

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Bob Holtzman
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