How do you "sign off" in your business emails?

kdmote

I'm ready for a new tag line for my business-related emails. (The "valediction", as it's apparently called.) I've seen "Kind Regards", "Cheers", "Yours sincerely", "All the best", etc. etc, but those are starting to sound stale to me and I'm looking for something fresh. So how do you sign-off your formal and semi-formal correspondence? (What final phrase do you use, immediately prior to typing your name?) Respectfully and cordially awaiting your kind reply, I remain sincerely yours, (and Metaphors Be With You), KMote

Lost User

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The whole thing's rigged to blow, touch those tanks and "boooom"!

Kevin Marois

"Fark off and DIE!"

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

Lost User

I usually go with something simple like this:

Please do not send confidential, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information via e-mail. E-mail is not a secure form of communication and may not be protected by the attorney client privilege. Communication via e-mail does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Any information in any e-mail message from me or my office is intended for general informational purposes and is not intended to be, and shall not be relied upon, as legal advice. No information in an e-mail is a substitute for a personal consultation with an attorney.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and is legally privileged. This communication may also contain material protected and governed by the Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This e-mail is only for the personal and confidential use of the individuals to which it is addressed and contains confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you have received this document in error, and that any reading, distributing, copying or disclosure is unauthorized.

If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by the telephone number above and destroy the message.

Circular 230 Notice: Pursuant to recently-enacted U.S. Treasury Department regulations, we are now required to advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this communication, including attachments and enclosures, is not intended or written to be used, and may not be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein.

Please don’t print this E-mail unless you really need to.

;)

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OriginalGriff

Mostly I just go with a generic "Best regards"

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Lost User

We have a mature game off 'Change peoples signatures when they leave there workstation unlocked' at the moment. Yesterday every e-mail I sent was signed 'Chief Sandwich Maker'.

Maximilien

For business communication, just K.I.S.S. and polite. I just finish all my external business emails with :

Thank you,
Maximilien Lincourt.

For internal business emails:

Thanks,
Max.

I'd rather be phishing!

Amarnath S

Replying to a non-coder: Thanks and Regards Replying to a coder: Byte and Regards

Jalapeno Bob

Depending upon the exact nature of the email, I use one of two. For most emails I send from work, I use the one "recommended" :) by my employer:

Quote:

This email and any files transmitted with it are the property of <name of my employer, a health care facility>, are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this email is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipients and have received the message in error, please notify the sender at (XXX) XXX-XXXX and delete this message from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and could be a violation of State and/or Federal law.

For emails I send to my peers, I use the "Programmer's Serenity Prayer" by Rex Hammock, which appears at the bottom of this reply.

__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock

Nish Nishant

This works better : - see ya, don't wanna be ya!

Regards, Nish

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ZurdoDev

I see no reason to have one. I just simply finish with my signature.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Lost User

Could always go for the plain old: "Please do not reply to this email; this address is not monitored." :laugh:

The whole thing's rigged to blow, touch those tanks and "boooom"!

Lost User

Change the fucking font to white and out something about hating gay people in their signature

Lost User

:laugh:

FukkPhag1 wrote:

something about hating gay people in their signature

Is that what 'Fukkphag' means

RaviBee

When making a request, I sign off with:

Thanks,

--Ravi

Otherwise, it's just:

--Ravi

/ravi

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Lost User

I say "Thank you". Rarely is it not appropriate. The only time I change it is when the email is a thank you email because then it looks silly. Dear Dude, Thank you for all your help. We really appreciated it. Blaha blah blah. Thank you again for all your help. Thank you, <--- This now looks wierd because of the last "Thank you". Usually just remove that last thank you and its fine. Me I use signatures and it is obvious it is a templated sig, but I do not see why that is an issue. The message is not defined by the closing. Granted, a silly closing will destroy the message, but just keep it simple and you meet all formality settings. (i.e. use "Thank you,")

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Sander Rossel

Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards, Sander Rossel The "Met vriendelijke groet" is "kind regards" in Dutch, but as I regularly have contact with English customers I've added the English translation :) We once had a customer who had pretty much the same tag line, but in multiple languages, including Arab. It crashed our email server as we had some custom application running that processed all emails and apparently didn't handle Arab very well :laugh:

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Regards, Sander

jgakenhe

Oh, I didn't know you worked in my department!

jgakenhe

formal: Thanks, with my job title and contact information semi formal: Thanks, with my contact information semi or formal additional: Thanks, Joe first non-formal and you know me: Joe additional non-formal and you know me: nothing

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