RG> -> @MSGID: 1:107/101.0 4b0ee343
RG> -> @REPLY: 1:273/408@fidonet.org bf2cd13c
RG> -> Charles Hunter wrote in a message to Alan Rackmill:
RG> -> AR>Sure.
RG> ->   >They deliver for companies like Federal Express, AirBourne, UPS
RG> etc.
RG> ->  CH> They deliver parcels.  By law they do not deliver "mail".
RG> ->  CH> That  duty (delivering "mail") is reserved for the U.S.
RG> ->  CH> Postal Service which has a monopoly.  Technically,
RG> ->  CH> "overnight letters" by UPS or FED-EX (who by the way are
RG> ->  CH> merging to form FED-UP) are considered parcels.   Further,
RG> ->  CH> those companies cannot deliver to a P.O. Box.
RG> -> You can call it whatever you want, but it is still "mail" of one sort
RG> or
RG> -> another, and is delivered by a private company.
RG> By USDOT and FHWA rule it's not mail, it's freight, not parcels, not
RG> mail, not packages...
RG> It may be two ounce freight, but it's freight never the less.
Oh yeah, my medical records and letters from medical people are freight.  
Gimme a break, it's mail.  No matter what rules are brought up, logic tells 
you it's mail.
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