--- In [email protected], Heather Madrone <heather@...> wrote: > > On 6/25/11 11:41 AM June 25, 2011, Anand Manikutty wrote: > > Udhay : the point here is that, in general, a poster is expected to > > reply to all the people who request a response. > > > I think that responses are only expected when follow-up posters have > questions that the original author can address. > > If the original poster was requesting advice or assistance, it is > mannerly to either reply privately thanking those who respond or to post > a follow-up summarizing the advice or assistance and thanking those who > replied. > > There is no requirement to respond to flames, arguments, tangents, or > thread drift. Nothing, said masterfully enough, is often an appropriate > response. Yes.
It is okay for persons interested in a specific topic to specifically to email the poster concerned if they are truly interested in an answer. For topics that are complex enough, answering may require additional research and since time is a constraint, time for that may need to be scheduled by the poster, and so it is okay for those interested to send a friendly reminder or two in private to the poster. Anand > -- > Heather Madrone (heather@...) > http://www.sunsplinter.blogspot.com > > I'd love to change the world, but they won't give me access to the source > code. >
