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Well, Max--In a sentence--"I ignore many e-mails, but this one called for an e-ply." Or--"An original with signature is not required, an e-ply will do." Or--"I won't be near my fax tomorrow, please e-ply." Or eply. Differentiates between the initial and subsequent e-messages.
But don't use the word if you don't like it, I didn't mean to start an e-mission!
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It still smells redundant to me, in the examples you give. In each "email" would be a valid, and more aurally aesthetic, substitute, imo.
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e-mail, which is immediate. Well, yeah--that's what the e means: e-mediate...
For the record, I think e-ply (preferable, just) and eply are both redundant and ugly.
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Not only does eply have the same number of syllables as reply, but omitting the "r" at the front the word makes it less distinct and actually harder to say in a sentence. It's easier to say "my reply" than "my eply," at least without slurring the words together. Worst of all, it's cute.
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And I have to admit that when I first read the word, I pronounced it as "ep-plee" instead of "eee-ply" because of the way it is written.
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>when I first read the word, I pronounced it as "ep-plee" well that was certainly an ineply formed judgment. 
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"ep-plee" instead of "eee-ply" Part of the reason I would use the hyphen (if I were to use the coinage at all, which I won't. Ever.) 
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oh well. I think it's clever, and I like it.
prolly never use it, but I like it. better than enote, which a friend of mine uses all the time...
formerly known as etaoin...
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ee-plee
Isn't that some kind of fancy sword?
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Well, if you say it like that here, somebody'll think you are saying that some guy is folding something.
il pli (he folds) is pronounce ee plee in common tongue.
Not as fun as a fancy sword, but voila.
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