On 10 May 2010 21:44, Brewster Gillett <b...@fdi.us> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 16:07 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > <snip> > > Email was designed for one way communications. Yes, you can use it in a > > kind of conversation mode, but it is only workable if a basic set of > > rules is adhered to - which is why email lists generally have such > > rules. On this list, the general rule is bottom-post and trim the crap. > > bg: > > Well said. > > Now if we could just convince the heretics so that we wouldn't have the > inconvenience, let alone the air pollution, of having to burn them at > the stake :-) > > Brewster > > E-mail was designed for conversations. The clue is in the name: "mail". Like letters written with quill pens; two people conversing at a distance. e-mail *lists* came much later. One way commmunications were called, also appropriately, "bulletin boards" and/or "news" groups.
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