Webopedia.com defines “snailmail” or “snail mail” as the “normal postal mail, where an actual physical letter or package is delivered. The term hasn’t existed until electronic mail (e-mail) became so prevalent that there was a requirement to differentiate the two. Obviously, the term was invented by e-mail aficionados as a small barb directed at the relative slowness of physical transportation. Snailmail is sometimes spelled as two separate words, snail mail.”

The “technophile” or the modern dotcom generation would have ignored to see a snail mail in their mail box or inbox by now, do you?

Tree-huggers or the “dendrophilous” (fond of trees) or a “phytophilous” (fond of trees) might protest to get a snail mail and would have already opted in to electronic mails and made sure they also support the environmentally-friendly websites powered by solar energy to mention the least.

What about this snailmail version below?

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How do you see door knockers, sales pitchers and junk mail senders (snail mails) be in the social networking, instant messaging, email sending and online networking? Well we see spams or spammers like the offline door knockers at times.

The other day we had door knockers on our door. We answered not this time since we are busy people (shift-workers) like others, we were not in the mood for any fancy talk or even if someone was going to give me something for free; the door knocker did say he wanted to help us with the service the company he was representing with free advice and consultation.
Well what are we missing? Are we missing the boat all together? Are we crazy out of my mind? Should we have been locked up in jail by government officials for not accepting an offering honest help?

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