Do you say Thank You?

I am thinking of this medium as meant to be efficient and very informal. Stating a kind greeting is always OK, but taking the trouble of making conversation itself is mostly based on mere willingness. And I never blame anyone who does not since the sender is known anyway.

To me, email is a delight, THE medium to let go of unnecessary politeness. I do not care about heads and tails in an email. Just the message itself will do really. It is more because of others who consider email as 'formal' as letters that I do greet and thank the sender. This is also the reasin why I am using the automatic signature functionality in my email application.

Letters in writing (or, for that matter, attached to an email message) is more formal IMHO, therefore it more 'appropriate' to greet and thank.

Kind regards from Edam, The Netherlands, Europe,
Piet

I always say thank you. I am however a hunt and peck typer. I try and keep things short and to the point for that reason.

I find most people on this forum to be polite. My activities have dropped up here in the past 18 months. You can usually tell by a persons initial contact how polite they are... Good topic.

I learned that lesson between the ages of 2/3. My mom taught it to me. How about you?

I think its a good thing to do,alot of times theres always some smart asses that want to be cute,but for the guys that provide real based experience yeah i think its appropriate.

Have I said Thank You for your advice (even though directed to someone else's posts), shared experience, and considered opinions. Not to mention the entertainment.

I think Dweller, Newbee, Blindjim, and Piet all make a viable point. The paradigm in communication and community is changing. Again.

BTW - I am getting ready to post a question, so I am sucking up early.
Jim S.