E-mail Sign Offs

Closing an e-mail or a letter is easy enough. There are classic sign offs, for both business and casual correspondence, but there are also more original ways to close an e-mail or a letter.

Classic Letter & E-mail Closings
How to Close a Casual Letter or E-mail
Original Sign Offs

Classic Letter & E-mail Closings

The ultimate classic closings are, for the most part, exceptionally polite, and in some cases, exceptionally overdone. Nowadays you don't want to end an e-mail with "Yours truly" or even "Yours" unless you feel exceptionally affectionate towards the recipient.

Best,
Yours,
Best wishes,
Sincerely,
Cordially,
Warmly,
Yours truly,
I remain yours truly,
Continued success,
Respectfully,
Thanks,
Thank you,

Obviously, don't write "Thanks" or "Thank you" unless you are actually thanking them for something. By the way, did you know that "Cheers" simply means "Thank you" in some parts of the world?

Sending Your Regards

All closings using "regards" sound rather dry, and are therefor suitable for business communications. The classics are..

Regards,
Best regards,
Kind (or kindest) regards,
Warm (or warmest) regards,

However, you can pep up the dry regards as well! Why not use one of these:

Happy regards,
Sparkling regards,
Jubilant regards,
Exuberant regards,

Dare to be original, even when writing professional letters or e-mails. It is possible to be polite and interesting at the same time.

How to Close a Casual Letter or E-mail

Take care,
Thanks again,
Stay cool,
Have fun!
Enough for now,
Peace,
Live long and prosper,
May the force be with you,
Talk to you soon!
See ya!

Original Sign Offs

Have a great day!

Leave them with a happy wish. Now, for the sake of originality, replace the word "great" with any of the many synonyms for "great", or "happy" and you have a whole collection of closings you can use. Here are a few examples:

Have an awesome day!
Have a victorious day!
Have a blissful day!
Have a marvelous day!
etc.

Of course it could also be something as simple as the following.
Be well!
Enjoy your day!

If you know of any original sign offs that haven't been mentioned here, or if there are any sign offs you consider irritating, please use the comments box below to contribute.