Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!bari!briang From: briang@bari.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: am I supposed to say "thank you"? Message-ID: <129862@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 4 Jan 90 00:38:50 GMT References: Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: briang@sun.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 18 In article GOLDSTN@MAINE.BITNET (Michael E. Goldstein) writes: > >Every so often I post a question to comp.sys.ibmpc >or comp.sys.mac or alt.activism or etc.. I usually >receive at least 1 reply, but more often I receive >20 or 25 replies. Am I supposed to say "thank you"? > >Do repliers want (or expect) an e-mail note of >appreciation. God knows I appreciate all the >help I get, (and so does my employer) but is it proper >to email a thank you note? Why wouldn't it be? Just a short "thanks for answering" doesn't take long ... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Brian G. Gordon briang@Corp.Sun.COM (if you trust exotic mailers) | | ...!sun!briangordon (if you route it yourself) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+