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Recently I received an email from someone in the editing department of a
literary magazine. Specifically, they ended their email with:

```

    [Magazine name] 編集部
    
```

For when I write them a response, how should I address them? How about this?

```

    編集部の方、
    
```
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How to address someone in an email who referred to themselves as part of a department
[Magazine name] 編集部 御中 would be my suggestion for a formal correspondence.
御中{おんちゅう} is for when you are uncertain of the individual's name.
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Another **very** common way to do this is to write:

> (Company/Publisher Name)
>
> (Magazine Name) 編集部御中{へんしゅうぶおんちゅう}
>
> ご担当者様{たんとうしゃさま}

It would look better with that last line than without.

NOTE: You _**cannot**_ use 「～～部の方」 in addressing mail -- snail or electronic.
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