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From: mhornung.linux@gmail.com (mhornung.linux at gmail.com)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: list etiquette
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 19:40:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160607174050.GB2387@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160606085340.GA19820@eros.local>

Hi Tobin,

On Mon, 06. Jun 18:53, Tobin Harding wrote:
> LKML list etiquette question.
> 
> When asking a [simple] question that receives an suitable answer is it correct
> etiquette to reply with a thank you email or is this just adding noise to the
> list?

Someone reading your question (and the suitable answer) later on might wonder
if the answer was correct or not. So yes, it is always useful to reply with a
"thank you" if the answer was correct and useful.

> 
> thanks,
> Tobin.

With best regards

Michael
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Kernelnewbies mailing list
> Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-06-07 17:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-06  8:53 list etiquette Tobin Harding
2016-06-06  8:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2016-06-06 14:56 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2016-06-07 16:03 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2016-06-11 10:47   ` Tobin Harding
2016-06-11 11:42     ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2016-06-12  9:58       ` Manavendra Nath Manav
2016-06-07 17:40 ` mhornung.linux at gmail.com [this message]
2016-06-07 18:17   ` Carlo Caione
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-07-19  7:32 List etiquette Stephen Rothwell
2006-02-07  2:59 David Antliff
2003-04-23  9:15 David Woodhouse
2003-04-23  9:40 ` David Woodhouse
2003-04-23 20:40 ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-23 20:51   ` Russ Dill
2003-04-23 21:05     ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-24 14:47   ` Grant Edwards
2003-04-24 15:20     ` Jörn Engel

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