list etiquette

[JoeHill]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:27:22 -0800 (PST)
Mel Seder disseminated the following:

> I read a internet page/posting that said a mailing list shouldn't
> contain thank you postings.  Those should be sent directly to the
> person you want to thank so as not to have everyone download posts that
> don't really have any interesting or informative content.
> 
> I wanted to thank anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org for posting the command to start
> Real Player but didn't want to add fluff to the list so I sent the
> thanks directly to Anton.
> 
> Can I please have input as to what is the custom on this list?

I would think that it is actually helpful to the list in general when someone
posts a 'thanks, that worked', or 'great, that solved my problem'. I find it
more annoying when someone posts a question, there are one or more suggestions,
then you never find out if one of the suggestions worked, which one it was, etc.

It may seem like 'fluff' to some, but the thank you, IMO, holds useful info as
well as a polite gesture.

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