SSaging> (Or "Snailmail", "Smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail" "paper mail"). BitS of dead treeSent 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 blockSSometimeS 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)
