Thanking a post quetion supplier

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You can tell I am new at this. I sent a quetion to this newsgroup and
received an answer. How do I go about thanking that party.
 
jonyo0 said:
You can tell I am new at this. I sent a quetion to this newsgroup and
received an answer. How do I go about thanking that party.
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Normally you would keep all posts about one subject in one thread and just
say "thanks" there. That way the person(s) who answered your question knows
that their advice worked.

This gives me the chance to suggest that instead of using the rather
dreadful web interface you set up a real newsreader, which is the best way
to access Usenet newsgroups. This is *very* easy to do. Here's information
about that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn
to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you
can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are some links to
information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics of
Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting

Malke
 
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