e-mail

/ ˈiːmeɪl /

noun

1. short for electronic mail

verb

1. to contact (a person) by electronic mail
2. to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail

e-mail

/ ē′māl′ /

1. A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network. E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received. E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.
2. A message or messages sent or received by such a system.

e-mail

1. E-mail has become one of the most widely used aspects of the Internet , because it provides a means of mass communication to almost anywhere in the world at high speed.

Notes

The proliferation of spam and the transmission of computer viruses through e-mail attachments are two of the more problematic aspects of this technology.

Derived Forms

• ˈe-mailer, noun