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Old 24-Apr-2004, 20:33
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Originally Posted by Susie Smith
Email is short for electronic mail. So it's a kind of mail. Mail is considered uncountable, isn't it?

I received many pieces of mail. / I received much mail.
I received many e-mail messages. I sent a lot of e-mail.

I'd say that e-mail is uncountable but that it's "acceptable in informal English" to say e-mails because a lot of people do it.
We don't use the word 'mail' in BE, which might make a difference.
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