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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: soc.women
Subject: Re: Non-sexist Greetings
Message-ID: <6108@alice.uUCp>
Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 15:42:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.6108
Posted: Wed Sep 24 15:42:51 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Sep-86 00:18:42 EDT
References: <606@nscpdc.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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>	I have had occaision to need a salutation other than "gentlmen:"
>	and finally settled on "Dear Sir or Madam,". It is the only one
>	I've found acceptable in business correspondence to persons of
>	unknown sex.

For many years, I have been writing letters without any salutation
at all:


					1234 Some Place
					Anytown, NJ
					Octember 34, 1987

R. F. Ingram
Confabulated Widgets, Inc.
1 Super-Duper Executive Plaza
Impressive City, Il


I am writing to complain about the Mark 7 widget I received from
your firm last week.


			[ and so on ]



			Sincerely,



			Andrew Koenig