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Noun

Singular mail

Plural countable and uncountable; plural mails

mail (countable and uncountable; plural mails)

  1. (uncountable) regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
  2. (not used in plural form) the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
  3. (now rare) a single batch of mail picked up by such a service
    • 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96,
      The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails, and the hours at which each mail is despatched: ¶ […]
    • 1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I, Edward Thompson, page 121,
      If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.
  4. See mails.
  5. (uncountable) electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages
Synonyms
  • post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)
Derived terms
terms derived from mail

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Dec 9 17:30:43 2009

Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.

In principle, a postal service can be private or public. Governments often place restrictions on private postal delivery systems. Since the mid 19th century national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is often in the form of adhesive postage stamps, but postage meters are also used for bulk mailing.

Postal systems often have functions other than sending letters. In some countries, the postal system also has some authority over telephone and telegraph systems. In others, postal systems allow for savings accounts and handling applications for passports.

Early postal systems

Many early post systems consisted of fixed courier routes. Here, a post house on a postal route in 19th century Eastern Europe

The art of communication by written documents carried by an intermediary from one person or place to another almost certainly dates back nearly to the invention of writing. However, development of formal postal systems occurred much later. The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents is in Egypt, where Pharaohs used couriers for the diffusion of their decrees in the territory of the State (2400 BC). This practice almost certainly has roots in the much older practice of oral messaging and may have been built on a pre-existing infrastructure.

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Sat Jan 9 09:40:43 2010

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For release: 15 October, 2008 CMS Watch research finds enterprises tend to confuse e-. mail. archiving with traditional back-up and recovery.

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Big Brother is Coming: Speeding Tix in the . Mail. . by admin. Tucked deep into the budget that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled Friday is a plan to give cities and counties the green light to install speed sensors on red-light cameras ...

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Sun Jan 10 11:35:36 2010

Postal Service to hold public meeting on mail processing study - The News Herald
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Imagine that you, as a fan, decided to drop your club an e- mail asking about potential signings. ...

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Mon Jan 11 16:48:52 2010

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Sun Jan 3 13:33:39 2010

How do I stop importing e-mail from a different provider?
Q. I'm getting e-mails from one of my old e-mail addresses in Outlook Express. I can't find any place on that site that would make OE stop exporting those e-mails to my Yahoo account so maybe I set it up from Yahoo to begin with as an import. I need to stop receiving those e-mails because they are all spam and junk.
Asked by Texas Girl - Mon Jan 26 14:46:03 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. sounds to me like you set that account to forward to outlook and now outlook forwards them to yahoo, right? maybe if you go back to the original account that forwards to outlook and stop that or the easy way is to make sure that u have removed that account from outlook, on the menubar click "tools>accounts>whatevera cct>remove" if it don't get to outlook it can't get to yahoo, if that don't do it then it wasn't outlook doing the forwarding and u can't tell yahoo mail to go fetch ure other mail it must be forwarded from the other acct hope it helps, cya
Answered by Ysocreus - Mon Jan 26 19:00:24 2009

How long does standard mail take from san jose to san diego?
Q. I sent a rent check from san jose to san diego and it's been about a week and my landlord still hasn't gotten it yet! This has happened many times and I think the mail lost the previous mail I've sent before. Can anyone help me know what's going on?
Asked by bitchesbecrazy - Mon Jul 6 22:02:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It shouldn't take more than 3 to 4 days... you should contact the postmaster in San Diego. It sounds to me like there is a problem with the delivery and the mail carrier. The post office won't be able to do much, so I would recommend to spend the extra cash and use UPS or FedEx.
Answered by CDLosAngeles - Tue Jul 7 10:56:59 2009

How long does it take to mail something from Mexico to indiana?
Q. How long does it take to mail something from Mexico to Indiana using the fastest mailing option. I need my father to mail me my plane ticket for reasons I will not explain.
Asked by steemguitardude - Mon Jul 13 13:10:04 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Mail will take about 2 weeks. Fed-X, DHL or UPS cost $35 - 50 and can be done overnight or 2 days depending on your location.
Answered by marci knows best - Mon Jul 13 13:48:39 2009

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