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The newlfm class has an option called nofromaddress which deals correctly with the spacing at the top of a letter in the case where there is no sender address. There is no corresponding notoaddress option, so if the recipient address is missing the letter has a gap where the "to" address would normally go.

I have posted an example here (code and result):

https://www.writelatex.com/read/bvdzxjdgqhqb

the vertical gap is between the "from" address and the date, the recipient address would normally be rendered on the left of the document, in line with the text To whom it may concern.

Is there an elegant way to deal with this?

Only the code you find here:

\documentclass[12pt,stdletter,orderfromtodate,sigleft]{newlfm}
\usepackage{blindtext, xfrac}

\newlfmP{dateskipbefore=50pt}
\newlfmP{sigsize=50pt}
\newlfmP{sigskipbefore=50pt}

\newlfmP{Headlinewd=0pt,Footlinewd=0pt}

\namefrom{Sherlock Holmes}

\addrfrom{%
    221B Baker Street\\
    London, UK
}

%\addrto{%
%    Basil of Baker Street\\
%    221$\sfrac{1}{2}$ Baker Street\\
%    London, UK
%}

\dateset{January 6, 1914}

\greetto{To whom it may concern,}

\closeline{Sincerely,}

\begin{document}
\begin{newlfm}
\blindtext
\end{newlfm}
\end{document}
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  • Please show us this gap in form of a compilable but minimal document! Thanks. – LaRiFaRi Sep 23 '14 at 12:51
  • Thank you for your comment, I have added an example to the original question. – snim2 Sep 23 '14 at 12:55
  • Yes, I understand, but writeLaTeX is very reliable and it also has the resulting PDF, which is helpful :) – snim2 Sep 23 '14 at 13:19
  • I know it sounds strange. The letter needs a from-address and other address-like typesetting, so an article class will not help. There are several use cases for a missing recipient, for example, you might want to write a reference for an employee or student and they may need a generic reference to give to several companies. You might want to right a letter of recommendation for someone to get a visa to visit you. I'm sure there are others... – snim2 Sep 24 '14 at 18:28

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Adding this line to the preamble worked:

\newlfmP{dateskipbefore=-20pt}
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