Responding to Blog Comments

Does anybody else wish you could just directly reply to people who leave you blog comments via the notification email Blogger sends? I do, and have wondered about it for some time. I always wonder, should I respond to their comment by leaving a comment on my own blog, or should I go to their blog and post a comment in response? Or should I just send them an email...wait I don't have their email address (yes, it's true, I don't have email addresses for everyone I keep in "blog contact" with).

Well, I finally got around to researching my dilemma, and it just so happens that YOU CAN! But only if you edit your profile to allow it. I came across the instructions here, and have included them below, so that you can go in and change your profile. Then when you leave a comment on someone's blog, that person can just reply to you directly via the comment notification email. (Instead of the email showing a "noreply" address, it will show your email address). If you do it for me, I'll do it for you.

Here are the instructions:

• Step One: Open your profile page, click EDIT Profile on left side of profile.
  (If you need help finding your profile page let me know).
• Step Two: make sure the box marked show my profile and show my email address are checked.
• Step Three: Under Identity, add the email address you want comment replies to be sent.
• Step Four: scroll to bottom and click save!