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Originally Posted by Casiopea  Welcome, bercam. 
Present participles (e.g., meeting) express that an action is taking place - that it's been actualized, whereas infinitives (e.g., to meet) express that an action hasn't happened yet - it's unactualized. That's why "to meet" is used as a greeting and "meeting" as a farewell,
[1] Nice to meet you. <introduction>
[2] Nice meeting you. <closing>
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A similar distinction continues to apply after the meeting - even though you might think that, as the meeting has actually taken place, the gerund would always be more appropriate.
In an email after the meeting you could say either
1
It was great to meet you
or
2
It was great meeting you
1 suggests an emphasis on the length of dealing with them by mail and not meeting face-to-face: 'It was great to meet you at last.'
2 puts the emphasis on the actual meeting: 'It was great meeting you and discussing the photos.' The emphasis again is on
actuality.
b