<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I sometimes ask teachers, college offices, or other "important people" questions by email and whenever I get an answer, I don't quite know how to reply.</p>
<p>I'd send a "thank you!" but wouldn't this get annoying and fill up their inbox?</p>
<p>What's your view on this? Don't know what to do...</p>
<p>I’ve had to do this a lot lately, and I always reply with a thank you for your time and consideration. It lets ppl know that you appreciate their time.</p>
<p>Say thank you. What are you, a caveman? :]</p>
<p>If it’s a school teacher, I usually reply with a thank you because most of the time, I know them pretty well and it just feels polite. It also acknowledges that you actually recieved the email. Once, I just…I don’t know, forgot to and my teacher went frantically looking for me the next day just to see if I got how to do the problem. Haha.</p>
<p>But for college offices, I bet they get so much mail, it wouldn’t really matter. They’re not gonna remember that they replied to your email and you didn’t say thank you. They probably have enough to deal with as it is.</p>
<p>I do. Of course, I also tell my teacher thank-you whenever I receive any papers :P</p>
<p>It’s okay to say “thanks for the detailed response! I understand it now!” However, it would be cluttering their inbox if you make that into a paragraph-long thank you essay.</p>
<p>Just give a quick thank you. They won’t see it as cluttering their mailbox, and if they have a soul will in fact appreciate it.</p>
<p>I always reply with a simple thank you for their effort and time.
Rather safe than sorry.</p>
<p>I always say “Thank you in advance for your time” in my original letter/email so that I don’t have to worry about replying later</p>
<p>TIA (Thank you in advance) generally sounds a bit obnoxious, because you are presuming they will choose to help you. I’d just reply back saying "Thank you very much, I appreciate/understand ‘…’ "</p>