to mail

Definition of to mail in English English dictionary: tax; rent; electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages; a single batch of mail picked up by such a service
If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.; a monetary payment or tribute; {v} to arm; {n} armor, a bag of post-letters; That which comes in the mail; letters, etc; You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as mail. There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier = post; may be carried; A bag; a wallet; the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service; armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together; Well, if you must, the physical address for paper mail is Downtown Anywhere Inc 32 Woodland Road Boston, MA 02130; If you mail a letter or parcel to someone, you send it to them by putting it in a post box or taking it to a post office. Last year, he mailed the documents to French journalists He mailed me the contract The Government has already mailed some 18 million households with details of the public offer; A spot; Something that you lost; Rent; tribute; To pinion; {i} flexible armor constructed of metal rings linked (Middle Ages); hard protective cover that covers the trunk of the body of animals (turtles, reptiles and crabs); of or pertaining to mail/post; In the electronic world, "mail" means electronic mail, specifically Internet mail The term for the stuff which you print on paper, put in an envelope, and entrust to the Post Office is "snail mail "; a conveyance that transports mail the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"; made of armoured material (a mail shirt); (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings; send and receive mail; regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post; The mail is the public service or system by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered. Your check is in the mail The firm has offices in several large cities, but does most of its business by mail. = post; Electronic Mail is a means of exchanging private text messages through the Internet and other networks The most popular mail readers on Unix are Elm and Pine It is also possible to read mail across a SLIP connection with a client program connected to a popmail server The most popular client for home computers is Eudora; {f} send a letter or other item via the postal service; e-mail a person, send communications through electronic mail; protect with with mail armor; the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail); In the world of computer networking, "mail" refers to electronic mail or e-mail; the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"; To mail a message to someone means to send it to them by means of e-mail or a computer network. if a report must be electronically mailed to an office by 9 am the next day. Mail is also a noun. If you have any problems then send me some mail. see also mailing, chain mail, e-mail, electronic mail, hate mail, junk mail, surface mail. Rent, payment, or tribute. another name for The Daily Mail. chain mail direct mail marketing e mail electronic mail Globe and Mail The voice mail; send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"; of or pertaining to mail; send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow; Shows user`s mail; use the subcommand `t [N](CR)' to list message number `[N]' , `s [N] mbox (CR)' to append message `[N]' to your mailbox `mbox' file or `s [N] [file](CR)' to append `[N]' to another file; `e [N] (CR)' to edit number [N] or look at a long file with `ex' {see Section on `EX' below}; `v [N] (CR)' to edit number [N] or look at a long file with `vi'; `d [N] (CR)' deletes {your own mail!} `[N]'; `m [user] (CR)' permits you to send mail to another account `[user]'; a `~m [N] (CR)' inside the message after entering a subject, permits you to forward message `[N]' to `[user]', `\d (CR)' to end the new message {see the send form below;`x' quits `mail' without deleting {use this when you run into problems}; and `q (CR)' to quit; Quick and dirty unsecure mail was written by Tom Van Vleck in 1969, in imitation of his (secure) CTSS MAIL command The Multics mail command used segments writeable by everyone for mailboxes, with access coordinated by a simple lock In the mid 70s, this command's internals were replaced to call ms_, the ring-1 message segment facility, and the user-ring mailbox files were replaced by secure ring-1 files Even later, mail was replaced by commands like read_mail and send_mail, designed for use in a networking environment, running in ring 2 The early Multics mail tools predated the Internet and "net mail" Story: The History of Electronic Mail See also xmail; to send (a letter or parcel) through the mail; Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc; This is a special room where you can send messages to individual users Essentially it is just like any other room, however only the recipient and author of a message can read it; A message to one or more users or groups sent over the computer Mail can include other documents as attachments Mail can traverse multiple machines and networks See also attachment, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), NeXTMail, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); received through the post office; A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked; cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"; Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering; A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V; A text which is seperated into two parts: The -> header and the -> body The header and the body are seperated by a blank line For an exact definition please read -> RFC0822; {i} postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service; e-mail, electronic mail; conveyance (train, car, ship, plane, etc.) that that transports and delivers mail; mail bag; (Middle Ages) flexible armor constructed of metal rings linked together; – dispatches of correspondence and other objects tendered by and intended for delivery by means of the postal service (Glossary of Terms in Statistics 1985, National Economic and Development Authority); a conveyance that transports mail; The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter; abbreviated from "electronic mail", a store and forward message service on a computer, often using the Internet; letters sent throught the Post Office, as in: I'm sorry, I opened your mail by mistake; It was used especially for defensive armor; the letters and parcels delivered by such service; To arm with mail; (OR EMAIL OR TELEPHONE PREFERENCE SERVICE) See “suppression file ”; a button on the IE Toolbar which will open your email program; A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc; Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer system, to be read at the recipient's convenience Emacs has commands for composing and sending mail, and for reading and editing the mail you have received See section Sending Mail See section Reading Mail with Rmail, for how to read mail; any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"; Flexible armor made up of interlocking metal rings Mail By The Sword; To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter; the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"; A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage