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E-mail and Snail Mail United

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thinkin-with-your-noggin dept.

bahree writes "The BBC has an interesting story about how some people living in some of the most inaccessible areas of India are enjoying an improved postal service - thanks to the combining of e-mail with traditional 'snail mail'."

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  1. Anthrax by b0lt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we'll really need that virus scan ;)

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  2. Re:In summary.. by ergo98 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Post offices in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh will take a customer's handwritten letter and computer scan it. Then the letter can be e-mailed to remote, high-altitude post-offices in this Himalayan region.

    Hrmmm...this technology sounds intriguing. I propose that we name it "fax" (just an arbitrary name that came to my head).

  3. That's the reason! by trveler · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wonder all our jobs are going to India... their snail-mail is much faster than ours!

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  4. Re:Trustability is the key by Jay+L · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a powered-by-human ATM cash machine.

    You mean, like, a bank?

  5. Seen it before... in Australia! by mlambie · · Score: 4, Funny
    A friend of mine that I went through uni with works at Westnet (A relatively large, Perth-based ISP). Over a BBQ lunch the other day, he told of a story in which the support team received a snail mail with the envelope addressed to, get this, support@westnet.com.au.

    And you guessed it, the return address was the customer's e-mail address. The note compained how their e-mail was not working.