Funny you should bring this up...I'm actually working on a "Poster Tracker" program with Phil Greenspun that will trace every poster who doesn't follow up on their forum posts and give them fifty lashes with a wet roll of Tri-X...until they get back on and tell everybody how their problem was resolved.(posted 8925 days ago)Just kidding, folks!!!
I agree--it's a good idea, gratifying to the people who give the advice as well as to the person who maintains the forums :-). When my time allows, I'll put a note about this on the Forum home page, maybe even make it a "rule of the house"...it's always polite to say thank you when someone helps you, right? (Sorry if that came off sounding a bit too parental...I'm trying to teach my 4 year old about this politenes stuff)