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# November 10, 2010
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/post-1534614018/
- Published: 2010-11-10T08:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T15:36:34.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: #import-tumblr-2026-08-27, link

> In a medium where it is often oddly difficult to interpret tone, where the lines of friendship, love and business are easily muddied, and where people are sometimes a little too eager to shine brightly in the drab sludge of daily missives, something as seemingly trivial as an e-mail signoff can loom large. It can be a clue to both the personality of the sender and the standing that the recipient has in the sender’s social universe. It can enlighten, amuse and enrage — sometimes all at once.  
>  
> — [E-Mail Etiquette Tips - NYTimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/fashion/07CULTURAL.html?%5Fr=3&adxnnl=1&ref=fashion&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1289401352-WE+0MiqWLuk7N4pQbyaWJA)

With work emails, I generally tend to stick with a variation on the hopefully-safe-and-noncontroversial Thank You:

\- Thanks,  
\- Thanks!  
\- Thank you!  
\- Thank you,  
\- Thanks a bunch,