Email to Snailmail free until Nov 16

[mister]

http://snailmailmyemail.org/

[David]

They are banking on the fact that many folk have forgotten how to write

[Just Bill]

What's the point? I see this being a very short lived venture.

[mister]

Originally Posted by David

They are banking on the fact that many folk have forgotten how to write

And don't mind having their letter published
http://www.amazon.com/Snail-Mail-My-...dp/1402273827/

[David]

Thanks for the link mister. I had once thought of doing this myself, but had figured it would never fly

[libCognition]

Originally Posted by Just Bill

What's the point? I see this being a very short lived venture.

* You know a recipients postal address but not their email or fax. (often the case with government offices)
* The recipients spam filter is so aggressive your e-mail does not get through to them.
* It's easier to ignore/overlook/forget about an e-mail than a bit of paper. E.g. a Congress person is more likely to read your paper letter than your e-mail.
* Banks are profoundly incompetent with receiving electronic documents. Most don't even have the capability, and those that do will often respond to your submission telling you to snail-mail what's right in front of them anyway.
* A snail-mail service is better equipped to serve as a court witness that you sent a message than an e-mail provider (in fact, I wouldn't want my email provider to keep enough logs to be able to do that).

[libCognition]

Originally Posted by David

Thanks for the link mister. I had once thought of doing this myself, but had figured it would never fly

These types of businesses have been running for years - both user-paid services and ad-paid services. However, the one ad-paid service I know of went out of business (esnailer.com).