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From: Bernd Babisch <>
Subject: Re: He who reads learns
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 07:58:14 GMT


W. Fred Rump () wrote:
: Happy New Year everyone,

: I have often wondered about posts I respond to, via a follow-up in
: news, as to their effect upon the original poster. Many times there is
: no further response - no sign of life from the other side. I thought
: I'd follow up on just one of these messages to see whether my info
: even arrived or if the recipient just didn't see it.

: Turns out that that this person never came back to read the group but
: expected all further communication in his/her private mailbox.

: I wonder how often this is the case. There are many lengthy responses
: here which took a lot of time and effort to research and type up. It
: really would be a shame if the questioner never even got to see his
: answer because he simply assumed he would receive this information
: just for him in his own private mail.

: On the other hand, I often get a response which simply says thanks for
: the info. This is great because at least one knows his time was not
: wasted. Time is a precious thing. At New Years I try to think of ways
: to use it more fruitfully.

: I would encourage people to drop a very brief message as a response to
: someone who answered your question, either by mail or in news, let
: them know you received it and all is well.

: In conversation with others I find that it gets tiring to keep working
: at this without some sense of recognition from the recipient side of
: this equation. Sooner or later they will simply turn into lurkers like
: so many others and that would be to the detriment of everything we try
: to do around here: ie information sharing.

: Fred
: W. Fred Rump 'A home page will be built
: Beverly, NJ in 1996' - Resolution by me
: 609-386-6846

Fred, Du sprichst mir aus dem Herzen,
between Christmas and the new year I have send round about 15 e-mails to
people in the USA and Canada with explanations. It was a difficult work for
me to write this, for my little English I learnd 40 years ago and I did not
use it all the time! - There are 3 replays with a thank! -

I think about I do not write longer explanations about the origin of family
names or lokal history things!!

Regards Bernd
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