With about 15% (guestimate based on AOL 20 Million) of the US population online, there really is no point in assigning email addresses. The USPS loves email! More to the point, they love E-Commerce! Larger packages are far more cost efficient than regular mail. Remember, the USPS is not a profit hungry corporation. Sounds like this rumor just came out of the digital stamps that the USPS is incorporating into there centers. No worry at all, faxes were never seen as a threat, as email is not either.
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With about 15% (guestimate based on AOL 20 Million) of the US population online, there really is no point in assigning email addresses. The USPS loves email! More to the point, they love E-Commerce! Larger packages are far more cost efficient than regular mail. Remember, the USPS is not a profit hungry corporation. Sounds like this rumor just came out of the digital stamps that the USPS is incorporating into there centers. No worry at all, faxes were never seen as a threat, as email is not either.