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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: am I supposed to say "thank you"?
Message-ID: <1950@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Jan 90 10:58:20 GMT
References: <129862@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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From article <129862@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, by briang@bari.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon):
>>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 ...

Agreed, unless there are a lot of replies.  If you've had a lot of
replies it might be easier to post a Thank You message to the newsgroup
from which the replies were elicited.  Presumably all the respondents
would see this if they read the group regularly. It is considered good
manners also to include a summary of the correct answer to a query if
you decide to post a Thank You to the net, so that others will benefit.

I personally don't mind if I get a reply or not, but it *is* nice to be
appreciated and it makes one more willing to help on other occasions.
Andy
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