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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 43.

To the OP:  why does this matter?  What purpose does including the recipient's name serve in the case of an email message?  What problem does including it solve?

I might do it when sending email to someone for the first time, but I would never do it when interacting with my regular co-workers or friends.

I do have a few business email pet peeves, though:

- use of contractions or non-standard abbreviations (an email message is not a letter, but the use of standard, written English is nonetheless expected in a business context)
- people who quote the entire contents of a previous message when replying, without trimming it (look up "interleaved quoting" to see the proper way to do this)
- extra-long signature files (the de facto limit is four lines or fewer) or useless disclaimers at the bottom of the message
- disclaimers about "sent from my telephone - ignore spelling errors" (this just looks lazy and careless...if typing and proofreading on a telephone is too hard, then wait to send the message until you are near a computer)
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