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From: hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Overseas Email
Message-ID: <40970012@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Apr 89 16:23:54 GMT
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bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes:

>I have a question about e-mail between Europe and North America.  Sometimes I
>receive replies to postings of mine, in this group and others, from netters
>in Europe (U.K and Finland, primarily).  I like to send some response back
>to a correspondent, to let him/her know I got the mail even if I don't have
>much to say in reply.
>
>I've also heard that e-mail and these newsgroups are expensive for the
>recipient in Europe.  So my question is:  should people in North America
>send mail, general postings, etc. to Europeans if they're just a "Thank you
>for your interest" sort of message?  Is it worth the money?
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This is personal opinion only and easy for me to say because I don't pay
for any of the incurred costs, but I would find it a shame to have to 
dispense with courteous behavior for economic reasons.  Actually, I think
it likely that more of the net bandwidth is wasted on flames, nit-picking
comments, and the like than has been spent on courtesy.
 
 John Hardin
 hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com
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