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The original social network, except every notification cost a stamp and three days.
means Letters, parcels, and other communications sent and delivered through a postal system, or the system itself.
from From the Old French 'male,' a bag or wallet — the same word that gives us 'mailbag.' Originally 'mail' meant the pouch a courier hauled, not the messages inside it; only later did the word slide from the container to its contents. (Note: this is unrelated to 'mail' meaning armor, which comes from Latin 'macula,' a mesh or spot.)
- oldest service
- Persia ran horse relays around 550 BC
- snail speed
- Term coined to mock postal delays
- pony express
- Lasted only 18 months before telegraph killed it
- mail by missile
- US navy fired rocket mail in 1959
- @ sign
- Picked for email because it was idle
royal mail — uk's national postal service, operating since 1516
united states postal service — usps handles 473 billion mail pieces annually across america
japan post — japan's postal service with 99% on-time delivery rate
deutsche post dhl — german postal company, world's largest logistics network by revenue