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| tooki:
--- Quote from: vad on January 01, 2021, 02:09:36 pm --- --- Quote from: S. Petrukhin on January 01, 2021, 01:09:29 pm ---Showing the importance of identity in a mailing address is a bit ridiculous. :) Once again I will repeat: it's probably just a tradition. --- End quote --- Mail is addressed to addressee (a person, a company, etc) - not the address. Unsolicited mail/spam cases are excepted. --- End quote --- While it's true that from the sender/recipient's point of view, you're addressing it to a person, but in actuality, you ARE addressing it to an address, with the understanding (hope?) that the intended recipient is actually there. From the mail system's point of view, the name of the person/company is nothing but decoration. You can easily test this: send two letters to someone. On one, write their name, but no address. On the other, write their address, but no name. Guess which one will arrive... If we had the actual ability to address mail to a person, then all we'd need to do is uniquely identify who the recipient is, not where they are. It would be up to the mail system to figure out where the recipient is and route it to them. The closest thing we have to that right now are email and mobile phones: the address or number doesn't change as the person moves around. Indeed, phones are a great analogy. Traditional land-line phones are like snail mail: the number reaches a place, not a person. Sure, you hope the person you want is there, but they could have stepped out. The number continues to be tethered to that location. |
| Bud:
With that, give me a reason why Canada Post does Not deliver mail if the Sender did not specify their name (the Sender's name that is). |
| JohnnyMalaria:
--- Quote from: tooki on January 04, 2021, 10:50:08 pm ---From the mail system's point of view, the name of the person/company is nothing but decoration. --- End quote --- That's not true in the case of mail redirection/forwarding. The post office (or whatever) has to know the identity of the intended recipient in order to divert mail such as when you move house. |
| JohnnyMalaria:
Well, the address got translated correctly as the photo of the package shows. Unfortunately, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. DHL claim to have delivered it - the photo is from their alleged proof of delivery. I purposely did not waive the signature requirement and have been within 15 feet of my front door all day. Geez, what is it with DHL and me???? |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: Bud on January 04, 2021, 11:01:56 pm ---With that, give me a reason why Canada Post does Not deliver mail if the Sender did not specify their name (the Sender's name that is). --- End quote --- Ask Canada Post, that's their policy, not mine. --- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on January 04, 2021, 11:06:38 pm --- --- Quote from: tooki on January 04, 2021, 10:50:08 pm ---From the mail system's point of view, the name of the person/company is nothing but decoration. --- End quote --- That's not true in the case of mail redirection/forwarding. The post office (or whatever) has to know the identity of the intended recipient in order to divert mail such as when you move house. --- End quote --- And even so, they're only filtering mail to a particular addressee at that address. Regardless, the point is the fundamental operation of the system, not the edge cases. |
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