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Subject:Re: ZIP codes From:Chuck Martin <techwriter -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 May 1994 16:36:51 PDT
Andreas,
The USPS will indeed deliver mail without a ZIP code--in fact, they are
required to.
However, no ZIP code means that the letter will have to be handled by
humans, who will have to determine the letter's destination. This is
(a) a slower process, and (b) a _much_ scarier process.
But don't take my word for it. Send a letter to yourself with no
ZIP code. It'll arrive, after a few days, with the ZIP code written
in by some unnamed USPS employee.
Happy mailing,
Chuck Martin
Information Developer, IBM
techwriter -at- vnet -dot- ibm -dot- com
