Email Vs. Postal service

Electronic mail more commonly known as email has similarities and differences with the more traditional postal service mail. One way in which it is similar is that both forms of mail have mailboxes. More specifically both have inboxes and outboxes. Email has an inbox folder which shows mail that was sent to you and an outbox folder that contains mail you sent to other people. A traditional mailbox has a flag that indicates if it is serving as an inbox or an outbox. Both email and traditional mail use addressees to determine where the mail is going. An email must have a name of who it is going to and at what URL address, in order to determine where it is going. Much like how actual mail must have the recipient's name and address on it to determine where it is going. An email can contain an electronic photograph just like how a letter in the mail can contain a photograph. A difference the postal mail has from email is postal mail needs stamps. Stamps or postal fees mean it will cost you money to use the actual mail unlike how email is completely free if you make an account and have internet access. Postal service sends a physical item like a letter to someone, unlike emails which are just typed. Emails are sent electronically by typing, where actual mail requires that you use paper and a writing utensil to make a letter to send or use a printer to make a letter to send. A big difference between emails and postal mail is the speed. While emails are received almost instantly after they are sent, traditional mail can take anywhere from two to five days to receive a letter on average.