A term for traditional land and air mail services, which takes days to deliver a message, versus seconds for delivery of email
For those used to the almost instantaneous delivery of electronic mail, it is the term used for the more traditional pace of the US Postal Service
A term for traditional land and air mail services which takes much, much longer than an email message
A slightly derisive reference to the Postal Service, which is seen in the Internet world as definitely inferior to e-mail, moving at the pace of a snail, taking several days to deliver a message that takes a few seconds by e-mail
any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"
A term that email users use to describe the traditional mail or post office service
The sending of mail using the traditional postal systems as opposed to e-mail Termed because of its slowness compared to electronic mail
any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail
A slang term for the U S Postal Service Nicknamed snail mail because the delivery time of a posted letter is slow when compared to the fast delivery of e-mail
Some computer users refer to the postal system as snail mail, because it is very slow in comparison with e-mail. Mail delivered by a postal system, as distinct from electronic mail. the system of sending letters by post, as opposed to using email - used humorously
A term for traditional land and air mail services, which take days to deliver a message, versus seconds for delivery of email
The standard name on the Internet for paper mail because email can travel across the country in seconds, where as letter sent via the post office could take days
A term that E-mail clients use to describe the traditional mail or post office service A note will take seconds to go from London to Sydney via E-mail but a number of days via Snail Mail
items that travel via the postal service, which in the Information Age is viewed as terribly slow
A term often used by Internet aficionados to describe traditional ground mail via the U S Postal Service, referring to its relatively slow speed of delivery compared to e-mail
This term is used by supercilious fans of email to describe the regular paper-based mail service Since the delay between sending email and receiving it can be as little as a few seconds, regular mail seems a lot slower by comparison
Plain old paper mail United States Post Office Cliff Claven delivered snail mail when he wasn't drinking with Norm at Cheers
A mail system in which you print the message you want to send to another person, address a paper envelope of the correct size to fit the paper, insert the paper in the envelope, close the envelope, find a postage stamp, and place the entire thing in a U S mail box Many Unix users find electronic mail simpler, faster, and more convenient
Snailmail is a derogatory term applied to conventional mail sent with a stamp While paper mail is certainly much slower than e-mail in reaching its destination, it certainly isn't as slow as a snail!