Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Similarities and differences between the email and the postal service

Similarities and differences between the email and the postal service.

Similarities between email and postal service.
-Both of them deal with mail.
-Both of them deliver some kind of information to the addressee.
-Both of them deliver spam mail in the form of junk or advertisement information.
-Both deliver monthly bills.
-Both of them have laws governing them.
-Both of them deliver mass mails on everyday basis.
-Both of them can deliver greeting cards to the person.
-Both of them can send money to a person.  Postal service can deliver hard cash whereas money can be sent by email western union.
-Both can be intervened and checked by authorities.
-Both of them use technology and electronic systems to keep track of where mail is going. 

Differences between email and postal service.
-Postal service is referred to as snail mail where email is referred to as an instant mail.
-Postal service can deliver packages whereas email cannot.
-Postal service can deliver some viruses that can kill a person like Anthrax whereas email viruses wont kill you.
-Postal service work hard physically to move and deliver mail whereas email is delivered by some easy push of the buttons.
-Usually there is just one mailbox for a particular person or a physical postal address whereas one can have as many email address as they wish to have.
-Postal service charges a fee or stamp to deliver the mail but the email is free.
-International mail takes weeks or months to deliver via postal service whereas email shows up in an email inbox in seconds.
-Nowadays hand written mail delivered by the postal service is almost obsolete whereas handwritten email through a writing software is a trend. 

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