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Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt?

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On 08/17/2016 06:14 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> In my little world, the polite thing to do is acknowledge receipt of
> emails.
>
> But the texting paradigm seems tb around brevity/economy of time - so
> acknowledging receipt would seem to partially defeat that by requiring
> the originator to check their text messages and just see "Thanks..." or
> "Got it..." or something like that.
>
> So, Bottom Line: do you acknowledge receipt of text messages?
>
> e.g. Somebody texts you "Arriving at 13:30"....  Do you text back, or
> just let it ride?
>

I think neither yes neither no answer for replying is correct,
as it is conditional, depending on context and the other person.

Using common sense should be enough to evaluate,
if the cost of bothering to reply is higher or lower
than value to received handshaking message.

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Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-08-17 12:14 -0400
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-17 11:24 -0500
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-17 20:28 +0200
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-08-17 14:46 -0400
    Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-08-18 11:02 -0400
      Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-08-18 10:03 -0700
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-08-17 16:36 -0400
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-08-18 15:58 +0100
  Re: Texting: Do You Acknowledge Receipt? daves@leaflinelabs.com - 2017-01-13 12:29 -0800

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