Interesting way to think about it, but before POP, I think the snail mail analogy would be something like: you'd drive to the post office (telnet/log in to the

Interesting way to think about it, but before POP, I think the snail mail analogy would be something like: you'd drive to the post office (telnet/log in to the compute terminal), open your letter and read it. Then possibly put it back in your P.O. Box, or put it into a folder that's kept at the post office.