Helloooooo...
Condon Thomas A KPWA
tcondon
Mon May 17 11:53:32 PDT 2004
Mike Reinehr wrote:
> 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. ;-)
Hey, those managers deserve the pay. Imagine, you make one small comment
about someone's work and he goes postal!
Tom :-})
Thomas A. Condon
Plain Text Emails Don't Spread Virii!
PS For those not familiar with US colloquialisms, "going postal" is walking
into work with one or more firearms and shooting until everyone around you
is dead or you are out of ammunition, whichever comes first. It has
happened in enough post offices to engender the term.
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