How do you sign your emails?

Best regards, Andy or sometimes just Rgds, A if it's someone I know.

Business e-mails have the whole company name/contact details thang, but I still tend to sign off Regards, Andy above the signature block.

 

lmao no

I usually simply sign with

 

I use Cheers, Name for pretty much everything, with regards being pulled out for very formal stuff

 

at work the companies signature, for private emails usually either regards or cheers folowed by first name.

 

Cheers

Farmboy/Andy

 

To friends or family, just

- <First name>

but if it's formal I use whatever is appropriate (kind regards, yours sincerely/faithfully, etc.)

 

Formal:
Regards,

<Full Name>

Informal:
<First Name>

Bog standard stuff.

 

It's usually just,

- Dave

add on a smiley if its informal

 

I don't usually sign them, the emailing system has a "From:" indication, has no one noticed?

I do automatically append a sig,

but that's just arrogance.

"Official" emails from my Club Sec hat get the official

 

Informal

Formal
either regards or kind regards depending on how much i'm trying to get something done.

 

It's been fairly common to stick a return address on letters for a great many years, and yet people still sign letters.

 

I only do the standard 'regards' on formal letters, no point on an informal one.

 

either Rev. Edward Seales, SBC
or
Edward Seales
KayinStorm Customs

 

I put "Dear ...." and the date on letters, nobody seems to on email.

It's not normal practice to include your name in the 'from' address section at the top of letters, and the address is simply a convenience to the recipient if they want to reply. Email is the successor to telex, it includes such details by default. Though I doubt you ever used telex if you're under 30, fax then email made the technology obsolete. But the messages were the same as a good email - to the point, free from superfluous drivel.

 

I've had that graphic on file a few days now just waiting for the opportunity...I'm sure it will arise.

 

like this for (semi) formal:

informal emails just end, they don't get a signature.

 

To be honest I'm quite surprised that many of you don't even finish up with your name at least.

Personally I might go down to " - spec" or no ending at all, if I was having an extended back and forth with a mate or someone I'm fairly close to, after a few e-mails in the conversation. But it seems pretty rude to me not to end an opening email or first reply with anything. I guess that's just differing opinions.

Sorry, I was actually meaning on the envelope - I stick my name and address on the back of them. So the information is there, it'll be read by the recepient, why bother sticking my name at the end of the letter? I just think it's nicer to end a letter or e-mail with something, myself. It adds definition to a conversation, and makes it feel less like an IM conversation, and more like a meaningfull communication. Just my opinion there though, obviously.

edit: Also, holy crap, 7000 posts.

 

Yeah, but it doesn't include any other contact details you may wish to add, important in business email, not so much personal stuff.

 

I use an assortment, but they usually don't vary by recipient--I try to keep a consistent image amongst my contacts:

"Kind regards"
"Truly"
"Dearest thanks"
"Kindly"
"My best"

Followed by my name, "Dan", or digitally handwritten signature.