
The emergence of
the more advanced way of sending letters drastically changed the phase. This is
because electronic mail services offer a lot of advantages over the
conventional way of sending letters. Among these advantages are that email
services is very accessible and free, just by making a personal account from so
many email service provider sites such as gmail by Google, yahoo mail by Yahoo,
etc. one can easily send instant messages, full text messages, images, and
other forms, at a touch of a button.
Aside from that one can send messages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The speed
might be the best reason why most of the people shifted to the virtual way of
sending messages. One can send a message on any part of the world without
waiting any longer for the message to be received by the intended recipient.
But
these mind-blowing improvements have also threats or drawbacks. Since the
sender uses an electronic file it can be prone to corruption through virus and by
other malicious files that can hamper the message sending process. Hacking
might be also be a serious threat, especially if one is trying to send
classified messages or even a simple personal message, through hacking one can
intervene the channel and illegally view or download the file you are trying to
send, as a result, privacy is compromised.
Let’s
also face the fact that most of the people usually think that physical letters may
just end up as junk. No one wants to be a hoarder. So the modern technology is
making the traditional method dead. In the Philippines aside from the fast
phase of technology, the main reason why postal services drastically decline is
because of the illegal doings of some of the postmen who try to open and steal
the mail package. There are reports that there are many postmen who do this
kind of illegal doings. This illegal offense has compromised the credibility of
the snail mail or physical postal delivery service. As a result, many people lose
their trust of sending their letters through the physical mail box. They are
afraid that their letters will never reach the intended recipients.
A recent
innovation has addressed this issue, the “Enter mail digitizing startup Outbox”
which is launched in San Francisco, USA, actually integrates both the
conventional snail mail with the more advanced electronic mail. An “Outbox” drops
by your house three days a week to pick up the mail, scan it, store it, and
make it digitally available via the Web and or by an iOS application.
So whatever
method of sending letters you intend to choose, always remember that it is
always the thought of the message that counts.
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