Haha, nice one. I think the USPS could provide a point-to point printing service where users would go to post offices and run their letters through a secure, en

Haha, nice one. I think the USPS could provide a point-to point printing service where users would go to post offices and run their letters through a secure, encrypted scanning device, their mail could be emailed to the location their mail is addressed to and then printed out onto official stationary or special stock for cards etc... The email could then be locally distributed from regional offices, reducing delivery time, and paper; mail could be tracked easily because it could be linked to the sender's email address, and it could be re-routed easily if errors occur (as in your Christmas card example) There are so many ways the USPS could win by implementing email, and we, as mail senders would benefit immensely from the change also. Easy to use scan/print devices could easily be made to link users to the USPS to allow faxes via email or point-to-point mail delivery without going to post offices, your local post office would have a lot more space for an Internet Cafe. The mail system is unreliable now because its technically bankrupt, but I firmly believe if this kind of reorganization should have happened years ago, if someone there had that kind of vision earlier the USPS would be thriving today instead of talking about closing on Saturdays... Sounds like a solidly "untapped" start-up opportunity, no?