e-mail or e·mail also E-mail (ē'māl')
n.

1. A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.
2. A message or messages sent or received by such a system.

tr.v., -mailed, or -mailed, also -mailed, -mail·ing, or -mail·ing, -mail·ing, -mails, or -mails, -mails.
To send (a message) by such a system.

[E(LECTRONIC) MAIL.]

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