A repository for information belonging to a single user that is usually provided by a thrid-party value added network (VAN). This mailbox makes it unnecessary for a user to provide dedicated hardware to receive incoming data. It also allows for the consolidation of EDI transactions allowing the user to send to multiple receivers in a single session. An electronic mailbox is analogous to a post office box.

An electronic data storage area on a computer used to store electronic mail sent from other computers. Only the company with the correct electronic key can take data out of the electronic mailbox.

a holding location for EDI transactions generally provided by a Value-Added Network (VAN). The customers would normally dial-up and connect to their EDI mailboxes and download and upload transactions.

The disk storage repository that serves to receive and deliver electronic messages.

An area on a mail server that stores a user's messages until they are requested by the user.