**メール | (お)便り** – *mērū* | *(o)tayori*. **mail**. Specifically refers to email, usually the ones sent to programs. The handwritten variety is *tegami* (see [tegami](https://whimsicaltranslations.wordpress.com/seiyuu-subculture-term-glossary/#tegami)[link])
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**メール** | **(お)便り** – *mērū* | *(o)tayori*. **mail**. Specifically refers to email, usually the ones sent to programs. The handwritten variety is *tegami* (see [tegami](https://whimsicaltranslations.wordpress.com/seiyuu-subculture-term-glossary/#tegami)[link])
A program receives mail in several ways and the most common ones are: Direct email where you send them to an email address displayed on their channel page and social media posts, and a handy form that does it for you. They usually request mail pertaining to certain topics or **themes** (テーマ; *tēma*). Format-wise, all they need is 1.) a **handle name** (ハンドルネーム; *handoru nēmu*) or whatever name the viewers are being called by the personality, and 2.) the **message** (メッセージ; *mesēji*) itself. There is explicitly no cutoff for receiving them since the script writer will be screening them, sometimes even mid-show.
