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You sound like my grandfather.

Using the mail is not inferior. Quote the opposite. One thing I noticed with most people who use the internet is they have no idea of their environment.

When you use the mail, you get a better understanding of how information travels. You see stamps, feel the paper, get hand cramps when you write too much. You see which post office a letter came from.

These are quite many points for which the real mail is superior.

And please: there is no"critical" tool there.