第一，我经常看到“电子邮件”(不在句首时)被翻译成“E-mail”或者“Email”。我想不出任何一个理由需要把“e”大写。
第二，至于要不要加连字符这个问题，英语界并没有达成共识，可以加可以不加, Angry Editor也觉得无所谓。
不过，我建议大家，为了统一，按照 email 这个写法：
确实有人喜欢其他的写法。不过，Angry Editor喜欢以上的，而且大部分西方媒体与我有同感的。
不过，下面的才对：
e-business (电子商务)
e-commerce （电子商务）
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Angry Editor不是无所不知的。当然，我所有的博文都是可争辩的。欢迎大家畅所欲言！
#1 by Angry Editor on 2009/11/12 - 11:30 pm
Before anyone says anything, I realize that E is an abbreviation, and that this is why many think it should be capitalized.
However, “electronic mail” is so common now that I believe that a capital is no longer necessary. Plus, I think it makes the sentence look ugly.
#2 by hare98 on 2009/11/13 - 6:53 pm
你这个问题挺有意思，值得讨论。我也觉得那个e不应该大写，虽然它是电子的首字母，但单个字母表示一个词时大写很难看，挺丑。我也认为写成e-mail或email这样比较好
#3 by Mark on 2009/11/15 - 12:33 pm
在英国和美国,e-mail这个词，有一样的用法吗？我在美国一直看e-mail,这样….
#4 by Angry Editor on 2009/11/15 - 8:35 pm
I am not aware of any US/British split on this one. I think such a disagreement would be less likely with a word used globally in the last couple of decades. What do you think?
#5 by vivian on 2009/11/16 - 10:41 pm
let’s see google results:
email-2,230,000,000
e-mail-1,150,000,000
and another resource-Wikipedia
Electronic mail, often abbreviated as email, e.mail or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages, designed primarily for human use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail
Actually, I dont think it’s a serious problem, I think both are fine-email or e-mail.
#6 by vivian on 2009/11/16 - 10:44 pm
你很细心，加油！
#7 by Mark on 2009/11/17 - 1:35 pm
I think the hyphen better emphasizes the “electronic” part. I think “email” seems a little lazy. I mean, what the heck are hyphens for if people don’t use them. For example, merry-go-round and editor-in-chief would be merrygoround and editorinchief, hard to read….
#8 by Zheng Yue on 2009/11/22 - 7:04 pm
In AP Style Book, e-mail is correct. Not sure how Chicago Style Book or NYTimes Style book.
#9 by lehman on 2009/11/23 - 5:27 pm
在office outlook里是E-mail.
#10 by Eva on 2009/11/26 - 10:17 am
大部分中国人对一些英文表达不知道由来，也没有意识关注这样的细节。看到大多数场合是怎么样的，也就跟着怎么样用了。
我一向希望能做到严谨的语言表达，但很多时候还是知识不够。你这里的内容很有帮助。谢谢（我信任你哦～）