International Business News - Mail http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A former North Carolina mailman who admitted keeping people's junk mail in his garage or buried in his backyard has been sentenced to probation. Steven Padgett pleaded guilty in federal court on Aug. 18 to delaying the mail. He received three years' probation during a hearing Wednesday. He faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/nc-mailman-gets-probation-for-holding-junk-mail.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:09:11 EST This holiday season, Americans can send soldiers and wounded troops greeting cards--even if they don't know their names. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the anthrax attacks, the Pentagon required that mail addressed to "any soldier" be returned to the sender, leaving Americans without a way to send mail to soldiers whose names they didn't know. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/joy-to-the-world-holiday-cards-for-any-soldier.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:24:12 EST People with friends and relatives abroad need to start thinking about those Christmas cards and gifts. The deadline for sending first-class mail and priority mail to Africa and South and Central America to assure delivery for the holiday is Dec. 4, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/christmas-deadline-for-mail-coming-up.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:21:04 EST A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice apologized Monday for signing an e-mail to Jewish voters that likened a vote for Barack Obama to ignoring warning signals that led to the Holocaust. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/ex-pa-justice-apologizes-for-anti-obama-e-mail.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:39:31 EDT Mailboxes stuffed and it's not even the holidays? It must be election season. But no season's greetings in these mailings, though. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/160441-politics-direct-mail.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/yikes-theres-politics-in-my-mailbox.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/yikes-theres-politics-in-my-mailbox.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:32:19 EDT Mailboxes stuffed and it's not even the holidays? It must be election season. But no season's greetings in these mailings, though. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/160118-politics-direct-mail.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/yikes-theres-politics-in-my-mailbox.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/yikes-theres-politics-in-my-mailbox.htm Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:34:14 EDT Pennsylvania Republicans are disavowing an e-mail sent to Jewish voters that likens a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to events that led up to the Holocaust. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/159830-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/pennsylvania-gop-disavows-inflammatory-e-mail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/pennsylvania-gop-disavows-inflammatory-e-mail.htm Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:25:45 EDT Pennsylvania Republicans are disavowing an e-mail sent to Jewish voters that likens a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to events that led up to the Holocaust. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081025/pennsylvania-gop-disavows-inflammatory-e-mail.htm Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:23:19 EDT Government employees in a north Mississippi county were told not to use public property for political activity after a comptroller used a work computer to forward a chain e-mail asking people to pray for Barack Obama's defeat, a county official said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/anti-obama-e-mail-sent-with-desoto-co-computers.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:20:53 EDT Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/mail-goggles-might-prevent-e-mail-regrets.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:02:35 EDT In a case that echoes a "Seinfeld" episode, a former postal worker has been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail that authorities say she had kept in a storage unit northwest of Detroit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ex-mail-carrier-accused-of-putting-mail-in-storage.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:35:52 EDT The economic slowdown means business is off sharply for the post office, Postmaster General John E. Potter said Wednesday. Potter said mail volume could decline by as much as nine billion items in the current fiscal year. Total mail volume last year was over 212 billion pieces. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/mail-volume-down-in-slow-economy.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:59:15 EDT Joe Soto, general manager of an advertising firm in Philadelphia, has a complicated relationship with his BlackBerry e-mail phone. He felt "awful" and out of touch when he was without a BlackBerry for two days because his unit fell overboard when he was sailing on the Chesapeake. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/study-work-e-mail-use-creeps-into-off-hours.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:24:13 EDT Remember when "You've got mail" alerts were thrilling? The e-mails that now pour into office inboxes and spill onto BlackBerry devices have left some workers feeling so bogged down with online messages that they can find little time to do anything else. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/137370-worklife-e-mail-overload.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/youve-got-mail-again-tips-for-e-mail-overload.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/youve-got-mail-again-tips-for-e-mail-overload.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:23:52 EDT Getting a message from New York to San Francisco these days is as easy as a click of a mouse. But nearly a century ago, sending a missive across the country was an ordeal that often placed mail carriers in mortal danger in experimental flying machines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/ny-calif-flight-marks-cross-country-air-mail.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:34:03 EDT Nokia Corp., the world's No. 1 cell phone maker, said Wednesday it is expanding the range of mobile devices that enable Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange ActiveSync corporate e-mail system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/nokia-expands-corporate-e-mail-to-more-devices.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:17:30 EDT The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the Bush administration leaves office, according to an internal White House draft document obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/cos-asked-to-bid-on-white-house-e-mail-recovery.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:54:29 EDT North Dakota's corrections department is setting up an electronic mail system for inmates this fall, to provide what officials hope will be a cheaper and less troublesome option for keeping in touch. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nd-prison-system-to-offer-e-mail-for-inmates.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:16:44 EDT The Postal Service has ended a long tradition in which mail delivered to Maine's small offshore Sutton Island by a private ferry service was left in a specially marked trash can on the island's dock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/maine-island-loses-trash-can-mail-delivery-service.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:28:17 EDT Five lives and millions of dollars later, the anthrax-by-mail mystery may be solved, but the way the post office and many government agencies handle the mail has undergone major changes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/anthrax-attacks-changed-mail-handling.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:36:49 EDT