Email as noun and verb Could you guys and gals clarify how you use Email as noun and verb please?

My textbook uses 电子邮件 as a noun and 发电子邮件 as a verb (send an Email). I have also found 伊妹儿 in a dictionary, which looks like transliteration.

So my questions are:


Is transliterated version used only as a noun or as a verb as well?
Which one of them is used in general?
I guess you should avoid 伊妹儿 (that almost looks like a girls' name or person name). 电子邮件 is the preferred and widely used term.

If you need a verb to express 'to send an e-mail', use 发 with 电子邮件:

E.g. 请给我发个电子邮件。 Please send me an e-mail.