On Friday 10 June 2005 04:01 pm, Thomas Stivers wrote: ><snip> > While I can perhaps understand posting a "That does the job" message for > archival purposes. I really don't understand why anyone would send a > post containing "thank you," "I agree," 'no," "yes," Etc. to a list of > thousands. These one-liners contribute nothing but usually have a large > block of post following them wasting space and time. I'm not saying you > shouldn't be thankful, agreeable or whatever, but does the world need to > read it.
I can see various reasons for the different comments you mentioned, depending on the context of the thread, it might help if someone involved makes it clear s/he agrees with a particular piece of advice or feels it is correct. A "no" could have a similar useful message. A "thank you" could also be, aside from just plain courtesy, a way to indicate that a solution works, but that may be getting nit-picky on phrasing, since it would indicate the same as "It works!" Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
