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Okay actual work related question: Is it acceptable for an external partner to reply to an e-mail and their salutation is just their first inital?

Posted by Walt_Disney (aka Walt_Disney) Jan 7 '09, 13:19

A person from another goverment department and I have been e-mailing back and forth for about three weeks about organizing an event and they are wanting our involvment. I have never met this person and we never had corresponded before December of 2008.

The last e-mail I got was just her response and on the same line her first initial. I dont think its very professional but maybe I am wrong.

Thoughts?

Responses:

For Government, I don't think it's very professional either. But what can you do. -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 13:37
If it was in a stream of communication it would have absolutely no effect on my interest in getting the event done. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 13:34
Is her first initial "J"? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:25 2
- Side note: The auto-correct smiley from Outlook looks like a J on many non-Outlook mail readers - oblique Jan 7, 13:30 1
  - Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Also, it literally is a J once it hits a non-Exchange server, as far as I can tell. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:31
Depends how frequent the communications have become. - Mop Jan 7, 13:23
sounds fine to me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 13:23
Is it a fresh email? if it's the third or fourth reply in a long email discussion, I think it's fine - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 7, 13:22 7
- and if she's on a blackberry? totally fine. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 13:23
- with the initial on the same line? -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:23 5
  - i agree--especially after several replies. it's ok to be fairly informal, it's email. -- nm - kare Jan 7, 13:26 1
    - I agree...especially if it's a long email with multiple responses from the person where they typed it out. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 7, 13:31
  - probably on a phone. seriously. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 13:24 2
    - so "return return" is tougher on a phone than on a computer? I have an iphone. I would *never* do this. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:27 1
      - on my piece of shit Samsung Ace I could easily do it by mistake, and do. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 13:27
*not* professional. more acceptable if she has an email signature that's being displayed. - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:21 11
- No e-mail signature and she did not add the one line.... - Walt_Disney Jan 7, 13:28 2
  - everyone here calls me by my initials, so I often sign emails with my initials because they've become my name. but no extra line? ew. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:30 1
    - they call you "ML"? Uh oh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:33
- I love that you're like Ms. Manners of ST sometimes. BTW, it probably has alot to do with the sexy librarian look I imagine you have when saying it -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 13:23 7
  - I took four mods of communications. they drill this shit into you. I was fine before, but now I am *precise.* - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:26 6
    - email etiquitte? huh. totally defer to you then. shit, i just spelled that wrong. -- nm - kare Jan 7, 13:27 4
      - cohesive communication strategies for optimal information aggregation -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:29
      - email. business letter. interview. lunch meeting. speeches. conferences. negotiation. politics. etc. etc. etc. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:29 2
        
        i think i'm majoring in communications. i have so far to go. - kare Jan 7, 13:30 1
        
        comm is great. once you get past the BS requirements like math, you'll have a great time. you'll be fine. I swear. - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 13:38
    - military dudes have different rules, I think. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 13:27
If they can spell, use grammar and their email program properly, I'm happy -- nm - con_carne Jan 7, 13:20

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