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How do you Sign your e-mails?

Steven L. Taylor
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Lifehacker investigates:  How Does Your Email Closing Line Come Off?

I am largely a “cheers’: guy, although exact mileage may vary.

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15 responses to “How do you Sign your e-mails?”

  1. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    Due to a combination of my former close association with Britain as well as my Navy career (many common Navy phrases are of British heritage), I also use Cheers! as my closing tag.

  2. john personna Avatar
    john personna

    My emails are increasingly brief and IM-like.

  3. Neil Hudelson Avatar
    Neil Hudelson

    I write quite a few emails daily to people I either don’t know, or am barely associated. “Sincerely” is too formal, “Cheers” to informal, and a lot of other closing lines too personal./

    I always stick with a simple “Best”

  4. mantis Avatar
    mantis

    I use “Thanks” and “Best,” depending on the situation and recipient.

  5. Janis Gore Avatar
    Janis Gore

    “Best,” but I like “Cheers” when I receive a message that uses it. A little buck-up never hurts.

  6. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    Why is “Sincerely” on that graph in 3 different places?

    I’ve never seen someone use “Best”. What’s it supposed to mean?

  7. Janis Gore Avatar
    Janis Gore

    Best of good things to you. Just don’t charge it to my credit card.

    XO

  8. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    @Franklin: “Best” means whatever you want it to mean.

    “Best regards.”

    “All the best.”

    “Best wishes.”

    “I’m so awesome, I’m the best guy you know.”

    Well, okay, maybe not that last one. But if that’s what you want it to mean, I suppose that can work as well as the others.

  9. OzarkHillbilly Avatar
    OzarkHillbilly

    “tom”

  10. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    @Boyd: “Best” means whatever you want it to mean.

    Fair enough. Sounds enigmatic then.

  11. Dodd Avatar
    Dodd

    Cordially.

  12. Janis Gore Avatar
    Janis Gore

    I like that one, Dodd.

  13. RW Rogers Avatar
    RW Rogers

    Take care,

  14. Christopher Bowen Avatar
    Christopher Bowen

    I have a stock signature, which just states my name, title (Editor in Chief, Gaming Bus), and contact information. Salutations are for old people.

  15. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    @Christopher Bowen:

    Salutations are for old people.

    Hey, I resemble that remark!

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