electronic message

Inbox notification content

An electronic message is communication sent through digital means—email, text, instant message, or similar technology.

The term appears most often in legal and formal contexts where precision matters: The statute prohibits sending threatening electronic messages.

In everyday speech, people usually say email, text, or DM instead.

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sent folder · SMS · spam · junk mail · unsubscribe link · marketing campaigns · bounce back · out of office · unread · notification · chat · WhatsApp · reply · read receipt · push notification · voicemail · attachment · voicemail

Opposites
transmission medium

electronic messagesnail mail

Physical letter delivery

written correspondence · postcard · telegram · smoke signal · papyrus scroll

synchronicity of communication

electronic messagespoken word

Poetry delivered aloud

direct speech · phone call · video call

mediation of communication

electronic messagedirect speech

Exact quoted utterance

spoken word

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G