mailer

From mail +‎ -er.

• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

mailer (plural mailers)

1. One who sends mail.
   • 2009, Robert Bly, 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs, page 133:

     Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.

2. A computer program that sends electronic mail.
3. A packet or container designed for postal use.

   The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.

4. A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
   • 1957, Printers' Ink, volume 260, page 43:

     Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.

   • 1982, NHFA's CompetitivEdge, volume 56, page 71:

     Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.

• Elmira, Mari El, Mariel, remail

From mail +‎ -er.

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mailer

1. to email (send an email)

• “mailer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• limera