In my view, V/R should be replaced with “respectfully” and “very respectfully” should always be spelled out. Most emails that I receive that end with V/R have some trivial topic and are not being sent to upper management or have some other reason to have a very respectfully close.
I have never used V/R in closing any emails. I don’t use emoticons nor shorthand like “LOL,” except with VERY close friends who I would josh with in RL and even then I use them sparingly.
How people can’t discern the difference amazes me.
V/R
FD2003