Should you use a comma/period after "Thanks"/"Regards" in email signatures?

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00:00 Should You Use A Comma/Period After &Quot;Thanks&Quot;/&Quot;Regards&Quot; In Email Signatures?
00:36 Accepted Answer Score 31
01:03 Answer 2 Score 10
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 31

If you consider it to be a phrase that simply spans two lines, I'd say:

Thanks,
John Doe

is correct. Without the comma it would imply that you're thanking John Doe. It's certainly the one I use personally, not that that's a particularly good back-up for this answer. I can't say I've ever seen anyone use it with a ".", that just looks wrong to me.

ANSWER 2

Score 10

The

Thanks.

form tends to seem vaguely abrupt, clipped, perfunctory, and rude to me.