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From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Imminent death of UUCP Zone predicted
Message-ID: <1990Jul19.180709.27037@wolves.uucp>
Date: 19 Jul 90 18:07:09 GMT
References: <100@raysnec.UUCP> <269B82AE.415E@intercon.com> <104@raysnec.UUCP> <110@umn-d-ub.d.umn.edu> <612@savant.UUCP>
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In <612@savant.UUCP> jon@savant.UUCP (Jon Gefaell) writes:
>
>In article <110@umn-d-ub.d.umn.edu> rhealey@umn-d-ub.d.umn.edu (Rob Healey) writes:
>>	The second one is a ROUTE. It tells you WHERE to go and HOW to
>>	get there... B^). There is a MAJOR distinction here. The address
>>	you put on a USnail mail is an ADDRESS only. You don't tell the
>>	post office how it should go about doing it's business. If you
>
>Bzzzt! Sorry, but thank _you_ for playing our game! (deja vu!) :)
>
>Ever hear of First Class Mail, AirMail, Express Mail, Third Class Mail,
>Bulk Mail, Ad Nauseum.. There are more ways to specify _HOW_ to deliver
>a message, as well as _WHERE_....

Buzzzt! Sorry...........

	Only one of the things you mention has any effect on the route
that an item of mail will take.  "AirMail" does specify that you wish
overseas or transcontinental mail to be routed via the fastest available
carrier.
	All the other items mentioned (1st class, Express, 3rd class,
bulk) are priority classifiers that tell the postal service how much you
are willing to pay for expiditious delivery.  In no case do you have any
control of the topological path that the envelope traverses besides the
endpoints.
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