An email thread

[smashinghope]

I work in an office, send loads of emails and have conversations that can be ongoing for maybe 10 emails with the same person.

Now when i get an email say John, i would always reply " Morning/afternoon/Hi John" in my first initial email but then after that i will just reply as normal.

Ive noticed that most people when emailing replies and with every reply will always start with "Hi smashinghope"

Im now concerned i look blunt just going straight into my subsequent replies but it feels very unatural to keep saying "Hi John" every 3 mins when replying.

Does this even make sense and whats the correct etiquette?

I think you’re overthinking it.

Well i am but i tagged someone else within the busines into the email and she passed comment about it so its made me think.

Sounds like a conversation that could be more efficiently held via a Microsoft teams chat or call.

My employer (public sector) has a bit of a drive at the moment around reducing unnecessary emails and encouraging the use of teams instead for back and forth conversations.

Just pick up the phone (or equivalent) ten times faster than emailing back and forth.

I vary it a bit, I might start further emails not with hi but something like ‘Thanks John, that sounds like it will work.’ Etc. so still acknowledging them but not repeating hi all the time. After about 3 emails in the chain I’d drop any kind of intro. That’s if they are external, I’m far more casual if internal.

If it's a subsequent email, I'll mention the name in the first sentence rather than doing another 'hi'. 'Thanks for sending through the figures, John, have these also been shared with Mary?' type of thing.