Usage Note
E-mail is masculine (un e-mail) and competes with the officially recommended French term courriel, though e-mail (also written email or mail) dominates in everyday usage. The verb envoyer un e-mail or colloquially envoyer un mail means 'to send an email'. Formal administrative writing in France sometimes insists on courriel.
Examples
"J'ai reçu un e-mail ce matin."
Natural Translation
I received an email this morning.
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