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Dear Sir is acceptable when addressing a male reader or a group that you know to be all-male, though it sounds formal and perhaps old-fashioned, as noted above. It should not be used to address a group that may include both males and females. Instead, use Dear Sir or Madam or one of the other three alternatives suggested in point 9 above.
