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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>paper-net</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="pain-in-the-net.html" title="pain in the net"/><link rel="next" href="param.html" title="param"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">paper-net</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pain-in-the-net.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="param.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="paper-net"/><dt xmlns="" id="paper-net"><b>paper-net</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Hackish way of referring to the postal service, analogizing it to a
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very slow, low-reliability network. Usenet
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<a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>s sometimes include a “<span class="quote">Paper-Net:</span>” header
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just before the sender's postal address; common variants of this are
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“<span class="quote">Papernet</span>” and “<span class="quote">P-Net</span>”. Note that the standard
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<a href="../N/netiquette.html"><i class="glossterm">netiquette</i></a> guidelines discourage this practice as a
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waste of bandwidth, since netters are quite unlikely to casually use postal
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addresses. Compare <a href="../V/voice-net.html"><i class="glossterm">voice-net</i></a>,
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<a href="../S/snail-mail.html"><i class="glossterm">snail-mail</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pain-in-the-net.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="param.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">pain in the net </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> param</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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