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# Conventional mail; [[snail mail]].

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# {{internet|dated}} Conventional mail; [[snail mail]].

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#* {{internet|dated}} {{quote-newsgroup|title=SEEKIG HAPPY MEAL TOY TRADERS WORLDWIDE|newsgroup=rec.collecting|date=May 24|year=1996|passage=To receive this list by '''smail''' send self addressed stamped envelope|author=

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#* {{quote-newsgroup|title=SEEKIG HAPPY MEAL TOY TRADERS WORLDWIDE|newsgroup=rec.collecting|date=May 24|year=1996|passage=To receive this list by '''smail''' send self addressed stamped envelope|author=

Richard Eymann|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.misc/browse_thread/thread/59bc0b2547df8cb2/708447c0fa12616e?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#708447c0fa12616e}}

Richard Eymann|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.misc/browse_thread/thread/59bc0b2547df8cb2/708447c0fa12616e?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#708447c0fa12616e}}

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#* '''1997''' November 18, "SteveH1491" (username), "[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.cheap-trick/msg/65bdbc841925b7df Trick Int'l '''smail''' address?]", in <tt>alt.music.cheap-trick</tt>, Usenet.

#* {{quote-newsgroup|title=Custom Rubber Stamp Needed|group=rec.crafts.rubberstamps|date=August 28|year=2001|passage=I would require a copy of the original image either by '''smail''' or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.crafts.rubberstamps/browse_thread/thread/c9d2a3e384369b20/d05fc2e4288ac022?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#d05fc2e4288ac022|author=Tom & Rose-Marie Kerr}}

#* {{quote-newsgroup|title=Custom Rubber Stamp Needed|group=rec.crafts.rubberstamps|date=August 28|year=2001|passage=I would require a copy of the original image either by '''smail''' or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.crafts.rubberstamps/browse_thread/thread/c9d2a3e384369b20/d05fc2e4288ac022?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#d05fc2e4288ac022|author=Tom & Rose-Marie Kerr}}

#* {{quote-newsgroup|title=Shoom!|group=freeserve.chat|date=April 26|2002|passage=... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by '''smail'''.|url=http://groups.google.com/group/freeserve.chat/browse_thread/thread/20fea7f43b2767d0/85cc621410b4c25f?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#85cc621410b4c25f|author=Old Git}}

#* {{quote-newsgroup|title=Shoom!|group=freeserve.chat|date=April 26|2002|passage=... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by '''smail'''.|url=http://groups.google.com/group/freeserve.chat/browse_thread/thread/20fea7f43b2767d0/85cc621410b4c25f?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22by+smail%22+-allinauthor+-Smail#85cc621410b4c25f|author=Old Git}}


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Etymology

Blend of snail and mail, patterned on email

Pronunciation

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Noun

smail (plural smails)

  1. (Internet, dated) Conventional mail; snail mail.
    • 1996 May 24, Richard Eymann, "SEEKIG HAPPY MEAL TOY TRADERS WORLDWIDE", rec.collecting, Usenet:
      To receive this list by smail send self addressed stamped envelope
    • 1997 November 18, "SteveH1491" (username), "Trick Int'l smail address?", in alt.music.cheap-trick, Usenet.
    • 2001 August 28, Tom & Rose-Marie Kerr, "Custom Rubber Stamp Needed", rec.crafts.rubberstamps, Usenet:
      I would require a copy of the original image either by smail or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.
    • 2002 April 26, Old Git, "Shoom!", freeserve.chat, Usenet:
      ... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by smail.
    • 2009, Robert, "anybody ordering online?", alt.smokers, Usenet:
      You must give the seller access to your checking account, which is risky, or send funds via smail, which is slow.

Verb

smail (third-person singular simple present smails, present participle smailing, simple past and past participle smailed)

  1. (Internet, dated) To send by conventional mail.
    • 1993 December 21, Patty Cravener, "medline", sci.med.nursing, Usenet:
      You can retrieve the references and go to lib. to get the articles, order the articles to be smailed to you from NLM, or download them to your fax machine
    • 2002 May 27, Dick Harper, "WREVEL: Lutefisk alert", misc.writing, Usenet:
      I sent some key lime seeds to Davida last year by US Mail. IIRC, the cost of smailing few seeds was 4 or 5 bucks. --Dick.
    • 2002 November 26, Dan Logcher, "how do I get rid of this pest?", alt.food.sushi, Usenet:
      He met her on IRC and she started emailing, then smailing, then calling on the phone
    • 2004 July 30, Al Firan RumaiDin, "Re: ot! - ms office upgrades??", uk.business.agriculture, Usenet:
      I eventually stopped trying this bloated crud, and rang the Department to smail me the docs. [] I gave up and got a friend to get me the documents in person from that office.

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