"This meeting could've been an ___" (5)

I believe the answer is:

(Other definitions for email that I've seen before include "Electronic communication" , "Send one online" , "Messages via the internet" , "Electronic message" , "Internet-borne communication" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Universal.

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