E-mails don't have to begin with a greeting, but it is a polite way to start a request. Although, I would almost rather that the person not include my name unless you know me personally or professionally. The reason for this is because I have the same issue with people misspelling my name or getting it completely wrong. My company uses the
firstname_lastname@ABCCOPR.com format and you would be surprised at how many people get my name wrong. In the whole scheme of things, it's not really a big deal, but my name is so darn simple that it still astounds me when I speak to a person, give them my e-mail address and they still address the e-mail to Jim instead of Jill. How daft is that?? My last name can be used as a first name so that adds to the confusion as well. I can't tell you how many times I get e-mails address to my last name. Most days it makes me laugh, other days when evil Jill is visiting, it just pushes me over the edge.
