video mail

American  

noun

1. a system for sending a prerecorded video as an email attachment or as an email with a link to the video.

2. an email containing such a link or attachment.

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Etymology

Origin of video mail

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

You’re in the market of search engines, advertising, smartphones, music, social networks, operating systems, video, mail, maps.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2011

I hooked up full-motion desktop videoconferencing and video mail in 1988 and, four years later, started using a pen-based electronic whiteboard and drafting table.

From Time Magazine Archive

But I wish that the VoiceMode capability extended to the extra text on picture or video mail, and I also that I could have used it when logged into AOL Instant Messenger.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are plenty of other ways to send video mail, of course.

From Time Magazine Archive

Imagining how thrilled my wife would be when she got video mail of me singing Seltzer Boy, I opened up the PC and got the card in with minimal fuss.

From Time Magazine Archive