RE: [Sheflug] total irrelevence - PO Boxes?

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kind of like proc-snail-mail :)

Craig

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, David Morris wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> > [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of James Bruce
> > Sent: 08 November 2001 15:37
> > To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Sheflug] total irrelevence - PO Boxes?
> >
> >
> > im sorry this has absolutely nothing else to do with linux,
> > but ive asked
> > everyone esle i know and no one knows the actual answer to this...
> > What exactly is a Po Box?
> >
> > I know how to get one, and i know how much it costs, but im
> > not sure what
> > one is. Basically, i want somewhere i can give out as an
> > address without
> > them being able to track who i am. Is a PO Box just a
> > remailing service in
> > which case its useless.... or is it actually a box somewhere
> > that i can go
> > and collect mail from?
>
>
> There are a number of alternatives. When I was Membership Sec of the
> Sheffield Steelers Supporters Club, we had a PO Box. It was a tin box in the
> wall in the local sorting office. I went regularly and emptied it. PO Boxes
> can also, for an additional charge, be redirected to a designated address,
> so you could have one pointing at your home (a bit like a mail alias really
> (in a valiant attempt to get this on-topic)).
>
>
> --
> David Morris
> IT Manager, ALLVAC Ltd, Sheffield, UK
> work: david [at] allvac.co.uk
> home: david [at] brassedoff.net   http://www.davidm.demon.co.uk
> >
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