From snail mail, patterned on email.
smail (uncountable)
- (Internet, dated) Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
1996 May 24, Richard Eymann, “SEEKIG[sic] HAPPY MEAL TOY TRADERS WORLDWIDE”, in rec.collecting[1] (Usenet):To receive this list by smail send self addressed stamped envelope
- 2000 August 5, “Robin” (username), “Re: Letter from india”, in uk.politics.misc and other newsgroups, Usenet:
- On a similar note just imagine if we could persuade companies that sending junk smail is hugely ineffective. All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.
2001 August 28, Tom & Rose-Marie Kerr, “Custom Rubber Stamp Needed”, in rec.crafts.rubberstamps[2] (Usenet):I would require a copy of the original image either by smail or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.
2002 April 26, Old Git, “Shoom!”, in freeserve.chat[3] (Usenet):... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by smail.
2009 May 26, Robert, “anybody ordering online?”, in alt.smokers[4] (Usenet):You must give the seller access to your checking account, which is risky, or send funds via smail, which is slow.
smail (third-person singular simple present smails, present participle smailing, simple past and past participle smailed)
- (Internet, dated) To send by postal mail.
1993 December 21, Patty Cravener, “medline”, in sci.med.nursing[5] (Usenet):You can retrieve the references and go to lib. to get the articles, order the articles to be smailed to you from NLM, or download them to your fax machine
2002 May 27, Dick Harper, “WREVEL: Lutefisk alert”, in misc.writing[6] (Usenet):I sent some key lime seeds to Davida last year by US Mail. IIRC, the cost of smailing few seeds was 4 or 5 bucks. --Dick.
2002 November 26, Dan Logcher, “how do I get rid of this pest?”, in alt.food.sushi[7] (Usenet):He met her on IRC and she started emailing, then smailing, then calling on the phone
2004 July 30, Al Firan RumaiDin, “Re: ot! - ms office upgrades??”, in uk.business.agriculture[8] (Usenet):I eventually stopped trying this bloated crud, and rang the Department to smail me the docs. […] I gave up and got a friend to get me the documents in person from that office.
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