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Hi Lynn,
I am not sure if you still monitor this entry, but I h ave a question for you.
I am in the process of writing an Auto Reply letter acknowledging the receipt of an email to a specific individual. I was going to start it by saying Dear Sir or Madam, but that didn't seem right. Hence I ended up here.
The message is just an Auto Reply to anyone that send an email to a distribution group, so I have no way of knowing if it is a Male or Female. But I want it to be polite and respectful. If I do not use Dear Dir or Madam, how should I address it?
No honorary at all? Just thanks for writing and we will get back to you in 24 hours?
Commented Aug 12, 2013 on There's No Excuse for Dear Sir or Madam at Business Writing
There's No Excuse for Dear Sir or Madam
Update on April 4, 2013 When I wrote this post in 2009, I was reacting to the sales messages and email requests I was receiving that were addressed to "Dear Sir or Madam." That greeting instantly told me that the writers were strangers who did not care enough about their communication with me to...
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