How to address a formal letter if unsure of gender?

[Mac1337]

How about Dear Ms. Fairchild?

[Mr Downtown]

1. Just start with the letter. This will be much less noticeable than any other option.

[Lux Interior]

kap wrote:
Yo!

Fool! He said it was a formal letter!

"Yo Dawg!" would be the proper salutation. But you still have the gender issue, because for a female, it would be;

"S'up B!t©h"

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

anonymouse1 wrote:
What guitarist said.

Doing "Dear Sir or Madam" enormously weakens the letter.

+1

[volcs0]

Ok. Thanks everyone. I had to send it before the AM - it went out at 4AM - so before I saw the morning responses.

Through google and facebook, I was able to come to about 90% certainty that it is a woman, but I didn't want to take a chance.

Calling the switchboard would have been a good idea. I'll have to remember that.
Also, the standard Memo format is good.

I used:

Greetings.

Thanks for the advice.

[space-time]

too late now, but how about using the position/function/title of the person?

Dear Professor Morgan,

or

Dear Officer Morgan,

or

Dear Judge Morgan.

[Joey Cupcakes]

Dear Sir or Madam,

Will you read my book? It took me years to write, won't you take a look?

[Racer X]

Dear Douchbag is gender-neutral BTW.

[OWC Jamie]

Racer X wrote:
Dear Douchbag is gender-neutral BTW.

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...msg-589837
:-)

[Racer X]

you are correct. my error. No soup for me.