Ed Gerck wrote: > > Paul Vixie wrote: > > > > i don't care who you are but i do care who you know. [..] > If someone sends me a message asking for my comment > because they read some other comment I wrote, do I really > care who that someone is... or who they know? No, in fact I > am delighted if the question comes from a complete stranger > with no connection to me, my friends or his friends. I'd suggest that in this case you _are_ reacting to who they know. In some sense they 'know' you, because they're reacting to something you wrote, and thus have gained entry to your circle of people-worth-talking-with. cheers, gja