You've got mail!

Is mail still hand sorted? Did USPS ever ship large items, like what ups sends?

Is there a way to track your mail? What will happen to the mailing business in the future?

I don't think the USPS will ever regain what it was. I'm not sure what will happen. Maybe they'll work together someday or the postal service will go away. Depends on people

You don't need a seal ring to stamp the wax. Mainly the rich folk had the money to get rings and seal it nicely, but you could also just put a drop of wax without the stamp. Yes, mail gets lost all the time. By lost I mean its read wrong by the computers, and then people can step in and try to read what the address is. If they can't figure it out it goes back to the sender. I'm not sure of the probability.

Umm, haha. I agree I think people are getting lazy and they don't want to go outside and buy stuff. Of course you need internet to send email, but you need money to send mail. I'm not sure why they don't put up a fight. I think they get help from the government too.

The mail business became monopolized basically after the revolution. I don't know when the first one was but possibly, in the U.S. atleast USPS.

For me, old fashion is better. Even thought email takes just seconds to send, it's not a unique thing. Email is personal but a card is a bit more personal. Of course, like if you get a happy birthday card, wouldn't that make you happy?

I choose this because email is something we use everyday and we don't tend to think about it that much. I don't quite know what you mean by the second question.

The first person was officially Benjamin Franklin, he was appointed as postmaster in the second continental congress. It takes about 2 to 7 days

Not really. Email is very faster already, I'm not sure how it could get faster.

Ha, no. It's like little stickies of adhesive that when you lick it, it's sticky. And before the USPS there used to be the Pony express and people would send it with horse and buggies.

Do you think there will be a way for the US postal to regain all the business they lost because of email? Will email be with us forever or in due time will we lose the postal service?

Does every family back then has to have a family emblem or some sort to use for wax stamp? Has there been a lot of mails not delivered because it got lost? If so how and what is the probability of it getting to the person?

Before I even get to the question, I wanna bring your attention to the question that Khalil asked. Literally laughing my brains out right now. Anyways, back to the thing. Why do you think that people not use the postal service anymore… besides the fact that it's easier to email and it's like better, really? I would think that people are just plain lazy. Also, why doesn't the postal service put up more of a fight to keep the old fashioned way of mail going?

When did “mail business” become monopolized? What was the first mailing company?

-Which one is better? Old fashion or new fashion? -Does email or cards affect the emotions of the people on the other end?

Why did you choose this? How did the idea of actually sending work?

Who came up with the system of mailing letters?

How long does it take to mail a letter?

do you think we will find a faster will to get mail than through email?

When you say people put little wafers on the envelope for the seal, does that mean the food?

Before the US Postal Service how did mail get around?