The End of Snail Mail?

But would u really want any sensitive material ie. bank statements payslips, processed by a third party.

Would make me uneasy thats for sure, and these are the only things i really ever get via the snail.

I have two problems with this:

1) Same as the above poster. This is not good for sensitive info, which is pretty much the only stuff sent by snail mail anymore anyways.

2) The main purpose of this, as I see it, is to cut down on paper usage. I can't see anybody actually caring about paper cuts or having to recycle it. I can see people using it to try and save a few trees, but USPS will print out the electronic message and mail it to the recipient and that other company still receives paper copies of all of your mail, so no paper is saved using either of these tools.

http://snailmailr.com is another to consider - it's got a nice interface - you don't have to create an account, and you can get right to sending your letter ...

Re the paper: there are some people I want to communicate with that don't use email. I suppose they will eventually die off, but in the meantime - I want to drop my uncle a line from time to time ...

Looks like Snailmailr tries to address the problem by buying some 'carbon offset' credits - at least that's something.