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Originally Posted by Jedi Ninja
To me, "regards" has a tone of formality, and if used in the wrong situation seems pretentious. I guess it depends on who your communication is with. 95% of my communication is with internal colleagues. The only time I would use "regards" would be if the communication was with an external contact in a fairly formal context (e.g. a lawyer) or in a situation where signing off with "thanks" would be an insult to everyone's intelligence. (In which case I use "regards" as a socially acceptable substitute for "F-U".)
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The majority of my emails are to external clients, mostly VP's, managers, purchasers, etc. I guess, when I write an email that is intended to be viewed by a colleagues, my tone becomes less formal.