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verb
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to contact (a person) by electronic mail
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to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
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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.
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A message or messages sent or received by such a system.
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The proliferation of spam and the transmission of computer viruses through e-mail attachments are two of the more problematic aspects of this technology.
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Sunway Healthcare and its parent, conglomerate Sunway 5211 -1.28%decrease; red down pointing triangle Bhd., didnt’ respond to e-mailed requests seeking comment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
In an e-mailed statement, DEA spokeswoman Katherine Pfaff said the agency “is firmly committed to upholding our high standards of conduct each and every day. The vast majority of our men and women do so.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
London police said they worked with Swiss authorities on the investigation after an auction house alerted them that someone had e-mailed them seeking a valuation for the stolen vase.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023
Smith e-mailed Craig Kaplan, a computer scientist at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, who recognized the shape's potential.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2023
Somebody e-mailed a few additional MP3s; somebody else sent software and upgrades for Quake and Doom.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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