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    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 4 02:25:17 2024
    Remember back when postcodes were introduced? The volume of mail was still increasing, seemingly with no end in sight.

    That was decades ago. And today it is declining. I wonder, are we back to
    the levels they were when postcodes first came in?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to ldo@nz.invalid on Tue Jun 4 16:50:25 2024
    On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 02:25:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Remember back when postcodes were introduced? The volume of mail was still >increasing, seemingly with no end in sight.

    That was decades ago. And today it is declining. I wonder, are we back to
    the levels they were when postcodes first came in?

    In broad terms, letter mail is very much decreased, but parcels /
    courier delivery much increased - that is over the last say 20 years
    or so. I don't know when the old simpler codes were replaced with the
    more system friendly 4 digit post codes.

    Postcodes are still useful for delivery sorting systems

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue Jun 4 07:50:18 2024
    On 2024-06-04, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 02:25:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Remember back when postcodes were introduced? The volume of mail was still >>increasing, seemingly with no end in sight.

    That was decades ago. And today it is declining. I wonder, are we back to >>the levels they were when postcodes first came in?

    In broad terms, letter mail is very much decreased, but parcels /
    courier delivery much increased - that is over the last say 20 years
    or so. I don't know when the old simpler codes were replaced with the
    more system friendly 4 digit post codes.

    Postcodes are still useful for delivery sorting systems

    This is indeed the case. Automatic sorting is ruling okay!

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