Quinn C wrote:

> * Ken Blake:

>> On 12/17/2021 6:44 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 23:23:35 -0000, Janet <nobody@hame.cock> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <5db6f9e7-5c17-44ed-ba34-ca3308a43acan@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>pepstein5@gmail.com says...
>>>>>
>>>>> I sent an email to a professor at a US university. I addressed it Dear Prof. ...
>>>>> The reply (which seemed appreciative and friendly) began "Dear Paul" and was
>>>>> signed with his first and last name.
>>>>> In my follow up reply, should I use his first name, or should I continue with
>>>>> "Dear Prof..."?
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it's the convention that, once the reply is received, I should address
>>>>> him the same way he signed? I'm not sure though, hence the question.

here, in the USA, That all depends on His/Her race, your race, nationality
His age, social status, wealth, income,
Your age, social status, wealth, income, .........

his (their) LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+ status

What kind of racist she is... The simple kind or The liberal/progressive kind
or the Worst, Wokist kind.

The worst kind are easier
to spot these days, because of the [She/him/his/her] etc. designations.

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If the content is purely business/professional/academic I'd start
>>>>"Dear Bill Jones" and sign it with first and last names. Slightly more
>>>>distanced than Dear Bill from Janet.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Drifting slightly....Is a "Dear (name)" considered to be mandatory on
>>> eMail correspondence when it's a business, professional, or
>>> semi-professional contact?
>>
>> I know many people who disagree with me, but in my view, an e-mail
>> message is a message, not a letter. I never begin a message with any
>> kind of salutation, and never end one with a complimentary close. To me,
>> both are inappropriate.

> Indeed I don't think that this is the majority stance, and one reason is
> that it means we have abolished letters without replacement, given that
> email is the most formal channel of electronic communication.

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Gender is an a la carte arrangement.
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