RICH GRIEBEL wrote in a message to ALAN RACKMILL:
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-> Charles Hunter wrote in a message to Alan Rackmill:
-> AR>Sure.
->   >They deliver for companies like Federal Express, AirBourne, UPS etc.
->  CH> They deliver parcels.  By law they do not deliver "mail".
->  CH> That  duty (delivering "mail") is reserved for the U.S.
->  CH> Postal Service which has a monopoly.  Technically,
->  CH> "overnight letters" by UPS or FED-EX (who by the way are
->  CH> merging to form FED-UP) are considered parcels.   Further,
->  CH> those companies cannot deliver to a P.O. Box.
-> You can call it whatever you want, but it is still "mail" of one sort or
-> another, and is delivered by a private company.
 RG> By USDOT and FHWA rule it's not mail, it's freight, not
 RG> parcels, not mail, not packages...
 RG> It may be two ounce freight, but it's freight never the
 RG> less. 
That's right. Get technical with me.  ;-))
Alan
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