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http://www.popsci.com/technology/ar...-open-scan-and-electronically-send-snail-mail

Pilot program. Essentially open the mail, scan it in, and have the recipient get their snail mail online as a PDF.

No need to deliver mail to the house any more, which saves a tremendous amount of money.

Privacy advocates are crying foul, of course, but I think it's not a bad idea.

Oh god... Now even my technologically inept grandmother can spam me.

Nononononononononononononononono. I don't need 18 thousand pieces of junk mail scanned and emailed to me every day.

How do you send cash for Turnip Day now?

People still use snail mail?

Jay said:

People still use snail mail?

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I broke out my fountain pen and wrote a chain letter last week.

:/

I do mail letters now and then to friends. International postage has a LOT of rules.

I'm pretty sure Finland isn't planning to PDF your packages.

What will my grandmother's cookies taste like in PDF form?

That would take up a hell of a lot of file space. Or one of those lasers from Tron.

That plan makes me feel like a Luddite. I don't see the cost savings of doing that. It sounds like it will take many more sorters and scanners to pull that off. Then the start up cost to have a server farm that can handle all the mail that would go out in a nation.

Then they email your love letters to the wrong person...

so everyone in Finland will have a national email account? Sounds like a marketer's dream!

The main cost savings comes from getting rid of door to door mail delivery, and that is fairly significant.

I like receiving actual mail. I would hate this.

Chibibar said:

so everyone in Finland will have a national email account? Sounds like a marketer's dream!

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No, we don't.

Personally, I don't see the point in this. I actually like having important letters in their current snail mail form; something tangible, something verifiable, if you know what I mean. Personal letters, too... but I don't get those much these days.

Itella has been promoting this new feature quite a lot, though... I drive about 2,5 hours every day, and I hear the same ad about it at least three or four times while on the road.

North_Ranger said:

Personally, I don't see the point in this.

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You can check your mail without needing to put on pants.

Allen who is Quiet said:

You can check your mail without needing to put on pants.

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And that is different from my current modus operandi how?