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I don’t like Dear, in an email.

I always start with Good morning or Good afternoon for work emails. Sounds more like a real conversation and not some poncy hand written letter from the civil war.

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lud@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I always start with any of these:

Hi, [line break before continuing]

Hello, [line break before continuing]

Hi [name of the recipient and then line break]

Hello [name of the recipient and then line break]

I sometimes end up with something like “I hope you have a nice day”.
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- astraeus@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  At every single company I’ve worked for this has been the accepted form of opening an email. There are hardly any circumstances you should be using “Dear (insert name here),” in a work email.
  
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- azulavoir@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I do this but after the name of the recipient I drop a semicolon
  
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