Mailroom

Mailroom
A typical mailroom and kitchenette.

A mailroom is a room in which incoming and outgoing mail is processed and sorted. Mailrooms are commonly found in schools, offices, apartment buildings, and the generic post office.

In the workplace, a mailroom can be associated with the breakroom; these rooms can be combined into one. For instance, a mailroom can contain an area for employees to take a break. Besides mailboxes and mail slots, this area might have a kitchenette with a coffee maker, microwave, table and chairs, refrigerator, sink, pantry, or oven.

A person who is in charge of a mailroom is known as a mailroom clerk (referred to some employees as a gofer, which implies as a menial job position, for example: an employee who starts off "at the bottom", working in the mailroom doing errands, making copies, filing papers, and so forth). This person usually works independently and is responsible for a company's incoming and outgoing mail. A mailroom clerk deals with the preparation of packaged goods, letters, and other mail for shipping by the local post office or by an independent shipping service. Additionally, this person also delivers mail for other employees in different departments using a mail cart. A mailroom clerk's job may be with a private firm, government agency, non-profit group, or a military operation.

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v · d · eRooms, spaces, and architectural elements
Public areas
Airport lounge • Auditorium • Cafeteria • Classroom • Changing room / Locker room • Conference hall • Doctor's office • Function hall • Mailroom • Library • Lobby • Office • Refectory • Restroom • Security • Waiting room
Passages and spaces
Alcove • Atrium • Balcony • Breezeway • Corridor • Deck • Elevator • Emergency exit • Escalator • Entryway / Genkan / Mud room • Foyer • Hallway • Loft • Loggia • Nook • Patio • Pedway • Pergola • Porch • porte-cochère • Portico • Ramp • Secret passage • Skyway • Spear closet • Stairway • Terrace • Veranda • Vestibule • Wheelchair ramp
Utility and storage
Attic • Basement • Box room / Carport • Cloakroom • Closet • Electrical room • Equipment room • Furnace room / Boiler room • Garage • Janitorial closet • Laundry room / Utility room • Mechanical room / floor • Pantry • Root cellar • Semi-basement • Studio • Server room • Wardrobe • Workshop • Vault • Wine cellar • Wiring closet / Demarcation point
Shared residential rooms
Billiard room • Bonus room • Common room • Den • Dining room • Drawing room • Family room • Great room • Hearth room • Home office • Kitchen • Kitchenette • Library • Living room / Lounge / Sitting room • Man cave • Media room or Home theater • Mehmaan khana • Recreation room • Shrines • Study • Sunroom / Solarium
Private rooms
Bathroom / Toilet (room) • Bedroom / Guest room • Boudoir • Cabinet • Jack and Jill bathroom • Nursery • Safe room • State room • Suite • Walk-in closet
Great house areas
Ballroom • Butler's pantry • Buttery • Drawing room • Fainting room • Great chamber • Great hall • Larder • Long gallery • Lumber room • Parlour • Root cellar • Salon • Saucery • Scullery • Servants' hall • Servants' quarters • Smoking room • Solar • Spicery • Stillroom • Undercroft
Other areas
Architectural elements
Arch • Ceiling • Colonnade • Column • Courtyard • Fireplace • Floor • Gate • Lighting • Ornament • Swimming pool • Vault • Wet bar • Roof
Related terms
Building • Furniture • House • House plan • Rooms

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  • mailroom — UK [ˈmeɪlˌruːm] / US [ˈmeɪlˌrum] noun [countable] Word forms mailroom : singular mailroom plural mailrooms business mainly American a room in an organization where post is received and where it is prepared for sending out …   English dictionary

  • mailroom — noun In an office, a room in which mail and package shipments are prepared and deliveries accepted …   Wiktionary

  • Mailroom — Экспедиция …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • mailroom — n. room where ingoing and outgoing mail is handled (sorted, prepared and distributed) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Mailroom equipment — Оборудование газетной экспедиции …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

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