[:plant:] Thanks, but no thanks

The companies I've worked for prefer for their employees to exhibit a singular company identity when working with customers. We all have email signatures that were provided by Marketing which includes the company logo and the information that Sprout indicated. I suppose one could opt out of that, but it's not a winning strategy to step out of line with corporate messaging for something as small as email.

Emails are also a fantastic way to record discussions. Suppose I talk to someone and I'm all "yeah I need the back-up to your payments for the last year by end of day tomorrow" and they're all "hey sure I'll have it tomorrow morning!" and then are all "oh no you said next week." It's nice to have that cover.

I reply with thanks in response to everything I ask someone to do. Like sprout said, it's a useful punctuation that indicates I'm satisfied and have no further questions. I also think it's useful in maintaining the perception of having a positive personality at work. "Thanks, Bob! I appreciate it!" reads peppy.

I do dislike reply all though. We get these company raffles sent to a global mailing list, and invariably 3-4 people reply all to submit their names.

Jam it back in, in the dark.