Ng> (Or "sNailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USNail" "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree seNt via the postal service as opposed to electroNic mail. ONe' s postal address is, correspoNdiNgly, a "sNail (mail) address". There have eveN beeN parody USNail posters aNd stamps made. The variaNt "paper-Net" is a hackish way of referriNg to the postal service, compariNg it to a very slow, low-reliability Network. Sig blocks sometimes iNclude a "Paper-Net:" header just before the seNder' s postal address commoN variaNts of this are "PaperNet" aNd "P-Net". Note that the staNdard Netiquette guideliNes discourage this practice as a waste of baNdwidth, siNce Netters are quite uNlikely to casually use postal addresses aNd if they really waNted your sNail mail address they could always ask for it by e-mail. Compare voice-Net, sNeakerNet, P-mail. (1995-01-31)
