Re: offline courtesy among list members

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>]

Matthew Horn wrote:
> 
> Actually, I disagree with your need for a "thanks" and it boils down to
> economy of time. Rules of politesse have changed, IMHO. If someone emails me
> just to say "thanks" I look poorly on that because:
> 1) every email must be examined by me for potential viruses -- and I look
> particularly hard at email addy's I don't immediately recognize
> 2) every email must be processed by my company's servers
> 3) the email might interrupt me while I am working
> 4) the email might have large attached v-cards or signature files that use
> additional bandwidth

Although I'm sure you did not intend this meaning, your comment could be
interpreted to say: "I needed help. Although you were not too busy to
help me, I am a very busy person and my time is lore valuable than
yours."

If I take the time to help someone, it is a simple courtesy to let me
know if my solution was helpful and/or appreciated. This will also help
others.



-- 
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net

Adapting old programs to fit new machines
usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Collect Royalties, Not Rejection Letters! Tell us your rejection story when you 
submit your manuscript to iUniverse Nov. 6 -Dec. 15 and get five free copies of 
your book. What are you waiting for? http://www.iuniverse.com/media/techwr

Have you looked at the new content on TECHWR-L lately?
See http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ and check it out.

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit 
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.