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More info?)
I might add that this is a public newsgroup, and 'rating' posts is not part
of Usenet. That's a function that some web forums have implemented on their
own.
--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."
"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uYvRSXijFHA.576@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> In news:AB2FA1DF-14DE-4AA4-ADDF-0DB0456E3BE7@microsoft.com,
> Eric Lewis <EricLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > I am also new to this and desire to rate a helpful post that was not
> > really an answer, I am using IE 6 sp2 and find an option to say the
> > post did not answer my question but there is NO WAY TO RATE the post.
> > No way to say it was helpful. I did find this option on the page
> > that displayed this post from Octavia and the post that answered her
> > question. This just shouldn't be. I hate it. Where is the option
> > on the page that posted a reply to my question?
> >
> > "Octavia" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> You can tell how new i am to this by the question i'm asking. i was
> >> thrilled to be able to post a qustion and get some helpful replies.
> >> However i can't find out how to rate an answer and thank the
> >> repondant? I have looked honest!
> >> --
> >> Tiv Barker
>
>
> I don't think too many people actually care about rating the posts, if you
> want to thank the person who helped you simple continue on in the thread
> itself (don't start a new one) and say thank you to them personally
because
> they won't see your rating I don't believe.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
> without them."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>