Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!dftsrv!chrpserv!packer From: packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: am I supposed to say "thank you"? Message-ID: <656@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 4 Jan 90 11:25:34 GMT References: Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: packer@chrpserv.UUCP (Charles Packer) Organization: Dept. of Independence Lines: 20 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"? I decided, after a few weeks experience on this net, that while I like to have acknowledgment from someone to whom I have sent e-mail, I don't like to have my in-box cluttered with messages that just say "thank-you for responding." These two motives are obviously in conflict, and I decided in favor of the latter: freedom from clutter. Because I believe in the Golden Rule, I don't send messages when all I have to say is "thank you." If a respondent has clearly spent some time composing an answer to your query, though, it would clearly merit a thank-you note. Another form of thanks, when you receive many replies, would be to summarize them and post the summary to the conference in question.