also: メールとも
email friend; email penpal
Refers to a friend or acquaintance with whom one communicates primarily via email, often without having met in person. Common in early internet culture.
She exchanges emails with her email friend every day.
I've never met my email penpal, but we've been in touch for years.
Standard abbreviation of メール友. The most common written form.
Full form, less common than the abbreviated メル友.
Abbreviation of メール友 (mēru tomo), from メール (email) + 友 (friend).