WHO'S GOT MAIL?

摘要

In the old days, Sending a thank-you note to Aunt Edna was as uncomplicated as she probably was. You wrote it, stuck a stamp on the envelope and dropped it into a mailbox. Off it went in a red-white-and-blue truck, and a couple of days later the friendly neighborhood mailman walked it—through rain, heat or gloom of night—right to Auntie's door. Such quaint simplicity is gone forever. Now you're as likely to send her a fax, an e-mail, an instant message or one of those Internet missives with dancing balloons and digital music. Even if you cling to traditional pen and paper, it's no longer clear how it will travel. Airborne Express? Overnight? Two-Day Priority?