Helloooooo...

[Mike Reinehr]

No, you've got that just backwards. All email is being delivered to a server 
located in your local post office, where it is printed. This printed copy is 
then delivered to the recipients local post office by 25 year old mule-back, 
tramp steamer, etc. Upon being delivered, it is then scanned and, finally, 
emailed to it's ultimate destination. The USPS has to justify all that fancy 
sorting & delivery equipment.  Not to mention all those high priced managers. 
  ;-)

cmr

On Thursday 11 September 2003 03:55 pm, you wrote:
> On Thursday 11 September 2003 01:30 pm, dep wrote:
> > quoth Tony Alfrey:
> > | > Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that
> > | > was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here,
> > | > too ;-)
> > |
> > | Oooh, jeeze, I guess I didn't check the dates <:o
> >
> > guess those rumors about the u.s. postal service taking over email
> > have proved true . . .
>
> Yeah, what they do is open your mail, scan it, send it to an appropriate
> local post office as an attachment, print it out, and then deliver it
> in the usual way.

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