I mailed him yesterday vs i did mail yesterday

The correct phrase is "I mailed him yesterday." The second phrase, "I did mail yesterday," is not correct in this context. The correct structure for past simple tense is "subject + verb (in past form) + object + time expression."

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I mailed him yesterday

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to express that you sent a letter or package to someone the day before today.

Examples:

I mailed him yesterday, so he should receive the package soon.
She mailed the documents yesterday afternoon.
They mailed the invitations yesterday for the party.
He mailed the letter yesterday morning.
We mailed the gift yesterday for her birthday.

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Package mailed yesterday to New South Wales, Australia.
It was... Mailed 3:30 yesterday afternoon from Merritsville.
I e-mailed him an official request for?
I e-mailed him and begged for five minutes of his time.
And then I e-mailed him right after I got there, but no response.
There was some guy in Mathers' test group who actually e-mailed him, tried to call him out on it.
He said you e-mailed him the video.
No, I already e-mailed him.
No, I already e-mailed him.
He said your attorney e-mailed him, something about reserving your right to file a countersuit.
His private nurse found him yesterday.
Salman Umar we interviewed him yesterday at Kertek Computing.
You honestly e-mailed him as me and invited him here?
E-mailed him the name of his target, wired him the money and waited.
So anyway, I e-mailed him back. I told him I had everything he wanted.
No, I mailed that check.
I mailed it to a friend.
I mailed them the answer, but they never printed it.
It's less than a week since I mailed it.
That's why I mailed it.

i did mail yesterday

This phrase is not correct in this context.

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But I did get this e-mail yesterday.
But I did get this e-mail yesterday.
This came in the mail yesterday.
Clay found this in the mail yesterday?
Never heard back until I got this in the mail yesterday.
I forgot to pick up my mail yesterday.
Because I put that check in the mail yesterday.
It came in the mail yesterday Gina.
This was delivered to me by mail yesterday.
You know, I wrote her an e-mail yesterday about our relationship.
Because I put that check in the mail yesterday.
I just got it in the mail yesterday.
He left a few desperate messages on your voice mail yesterday, and you had a morning cancellation, so I just...
Yet that packaging I got in the mail yesterday is going to last for thousands of years.
The travel agency sent an e-mail yesterday... confirming an itinerary with a layover in Chicago before heading on to New York.
I hadn't heard from him since, which is bad enough, and then I get this voice mail yesterday.
Yes, ma'am, I put the check in the mail yesterday.
He left a few desperate messages on your voice mail yesterday, and you had a morning cancellation, so I just...
In our programme, in this green booklet which all Members received in the mail yesterday, you will find on page 25 that our priorities in relation to the Justice and Home Affairs Council include the common European asylum system.
I was supposed to mail them yesterday, and I... I can't remember if I did it.

Alternatives:

I did mail a letter yesterday.
I did send a package yesterday.
I did post the documents yesterday.
I did deliver the invitations yesterday.
I did dispatch the letter yesterday.

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I mailed him yesterday vs i did mail yesterday