Experimental post office

Experimental post office

A method of sending and receiving letters and items through unconventional means as an alternative to established postal or package services. "Expo" mail could be sent by relay — passing packages from person to person through social networks — or delivered directly by a layperson. Service may be free. One such system was created by a group of students at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN [http://media.www.themacweekly.com/media/storage/paper1230/news/2007/02/23/Features/A.Radical.Post.Office.For.Those.Who.Can.Wait-2944776.shtml] .

1. The Mac Weekly, February 23, 2007 http://media.www.themacweekly.com/media/storage/paper1230/news/2007/02/23/Features/A.Radical.Post.Office.For.Those.Who.Can.Wait-2944776.shtml


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