I combined email and letter writing because they are very similar--except email is often shorter, less formal and quicker. This file covers email as a means of communication. The Email file has poems, jokes, chain letters, forwarded emails and hoaxes.

Computer Mediated Communication

(Isn't that a great description for email!)

A quote on the value of the internet as a communication method:
"One reaction to the growing presence of cyberspace is to see it as a threat to the traditional human value of social, face to face exchange . . . Yet this is . . . nothing to be alarmed about, for it is the eagerness to communicate and the desire to be heard by another that activate those fingers. The fact is that when we use computers we are having an exchange with other humans, through the machine, not with the machine."

Email versus Phone Calls

Years ago I clipped this article about the advantages a letter has over a phone call. I think that many of the advantages of a letter also applies to email (except being able to bundle them up . . . and you could even do that if you printed them out).

Sometimes I think that the phone call is as earthbound as daily dialog, while a letter is an exchange of gifts. On the phone you talk; in a letter you tell. There is a pace to letter writing and reading that doesn't come from the phone company but from your own rhythm.

We live mostly in the hi-tech, reach-out-and-touch-someone modern world. Communication is an industry. It makes demands of us. We are expected to respond as quickly as computers. A voice asks a question across the ocean and we are supposed to formulate an answer at this high-speed rate of exchange.

But we can not, blessedly, 'interface' by mail. There is a leisure and emotional luxury in letter-writing. There are no obvious silences to anxiously fill. There are no interruptions to brook. There are no nuances and tones of voice to distract.

A letter doesn't take up by surprise in the middle of dinner, or intrude when we are with other people, or ambush us in the midst of other thoughts. It waits. There is a private space between the give and the take for thinking.

There is this advantage to slowing down the pace of communications. The phone demands a kind of simultaneous satisfaction that is as elusive in words as in sex. It's letters that let us take turns, let us sit and mull and say exactly what we mean.

Today we are supposed to travel light, to live in the moment. The past is, we are told, excess baggage. There is no question that the phone is the tool of these times. As fine and as ephemeral as a good meal.

But you cannot hold a call in your hands. You cannot put it in a bundle. You cannot show it to your family. Indeed there is nothing to show for it. It doesn't leave a trace. Tell me how can you wrap a lifetime of phone calls in a rubber band for a summer's night when you want to remember?

E-Mail Wonderland

Another 'ping',
Are you listenin'?
The 'puter screen,
Is a glistenin'.
With icons so bright,
They light up the night,
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland!

Gone away,
Are the hall talks.
Here to stay,
Is the IN-BOX.
Flagged "urgent, please read!",
And "answer with speed!".
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland!

In the morning e-mails start to add up.
No lunch today cause messages abound.
Just click away and hope the server stays up.
You can't do your job if it goes down.

10 P.M.,
You're not tired.
The caffeine,
Has got you wired.
The day's not complete,
Till the last delete,
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland!

Until you,
Are retired,
The same old grind,
It is required.
You'll face unafraid,
That message parade.
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland

Survivor

A shipwrecked man was barely surviving after four months on a deserted island, when one day on the beach, a gorgeous woman rowed up to the shore. "I've been on the other side of the island since my cruise ship sank," she told him.
"At least you had a rowboat wash up with you," he said.
"Oh, I made that out of palm branches and coconut trees." She explained.
"With no tools?" He asked incredulously.
"It was a simple matter of heating an unusual type of rock I found to a certain temperature in my kiln, then melting that into a forgeable iron to make the hardware." She told him. "Do you want to come see my tree house?"
Well, did he ever! This woman had an amazing fortress, and she cooked him a delicious five-course dinner in her handmade cookware.
After dinner, she went to slip into something comfortable and came back wearing almost nothing. She gazed into his eyes and said, "We've been lonely. I'm sure there's something you want to do right now, something you've been longing for all of these months. I think you know what I mean." He couldn't believe his luck.
"You mean . . ." He was almost speechless. "I can check my e-mail from here?!"

Letter Writing Quotes

• Drop me a line...
• I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. (Sigmund Freud)
• I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead. (Mark Twain)
• I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. (Henry David Thoreau)
• I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. (D. H. Lawrence)
• In a man's letters his soul lies naked. (Samuel Johnson)
• It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel. (Elizabeth Drew)
• Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. (Lord Byron)
• Letters are expectation packed in an envelope. (Shana Alexander)
• More than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak. (John Donne)
• Never write a letter while you are angry.
• The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters. (Svetlana Alliluyeva)
• To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart. (Phyllis Theroux)
• To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)
• We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others. (Goethe)
• What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm human hand-clasp.
• A woman seldom writes her Mind, but in her Postscript. (Richard Steele)
• You might be asking yourself why I haven't written in so long...So long, in fact, that you might be asking yourself who I am!

The Postman

The whistling postman swings along.
His bag is deep and wide,
And messages from all the world
Are bundled up inside.

The postman's walking up our street.
Soon now he'll ring my bell.
Perhaps there'll be a letter stamped
In Asia. Who can tell?

Postal Service Quips and Quotes

• And none will hear the postman's knock
  Without a quickening of the heart.
  For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? (W. H. Auden)
• Carrier of news and knowledge, Instrument of trade and industry, Promoter of mutual acquaintance, Of peace and good-will Among men and nations. (Charles William Eliot, inscribed on the SE corner of a post office in Washington, D.C.)
• Federal Express had a terrific obstacle to overcome. They had to convince people that anything with the word 'Federal' in it could be speedy.
• Heard in the Fifties: Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?
• Hug a postal worker--send it special delivery!
• I am a 100 percent qualified, thoroughly trained, all weather, truck loading, route walking, dog fearing, package delivering, always working, dedicated, unstoppable U.S. Postal Mail Carrier!
• Mail your packages early so that the post office can lose them in time for Christmas! (Johnny Carson)
• Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life. (Charles William Eliot, inscribed on the SW corner of a post office in Washington, D.C.)
• Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.
• Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays their couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. (Herodotus, inscription on the Main Post Office in New York City)
• Old postmen never die...they just lose their zip!
• The Chicago Post Office at 433 West Van Buren is the only postal facility in the world you can drive a car through.
• The Post Office is laying off 30,000 employees. To make sure everyone knew about it, pink slips were mailed out...a year ago.
• Postal workers do it with ZIP.
• Seen on a bumper sticker: Back Off! I'm a Postal Worker
• A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment! (Douglas Jerrold)
• The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence...sort of like the Post Office with tanks. (Emo Philips)
• Q: Why did the blond go to the post office?
  A: Because her computer kept saying, "You got mail."
• A woman went to the Post Office to buy stamps for her Christmas Cards. "What denomination?" asked the clerk.
  "Oh, good heavens! Have we come to this?" said the woman. "Well, give me 30 Catholic, 10 Baptist, 20 Lutheran, and 40 Presbyterian."
• You'll get what's coming to you...Unless mailed

The Postbox

(© Dean Farnell)

Standing strong and safe and true
200 years we've relied on you,
You saved me queueing, you saved me time
Keeping safe this mail of mine.

So convenient, and not too far
I know you're there, you always are
I'll see you tomorrow, next week, next year
I'll keep posting, never fear.

So happy birthday my bright red friend
Who's royal and loyal to the end
So to all my letters you've never lost
I raise a toast to my old postbox.

Andy Rooney's Junk Mail Help

When you get ads enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these ads with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.
When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages, do not throw away the postage-paid return envelope. It costs them more than the regular postage when they receive them back.
Why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in as well. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, send them their blank application back!
If you want to remain anonymous, make sure your name isn't on anything you send. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them money.
The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it . . . Twice!
Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!
If enough people follow these tips, it will work . . . I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.

Sympathy Cards

• My you know the peace and comfort this heartfelt thought imparts . . .
  The ones we love are never gone, they live within our hearts.
• My the love of those around you help you through the days ahead.
• With Sympathy . . . This was no ordinary life. This was a life well-lived and well-loved, a life that will be deeply missed.
• At times like this, friends want to share the sorrow you feel and let you know their caring is very warm and real. . . And so whatever help and comfort friendship now can be, It's yours today with warmest thoughts and deepest sympathy.

Letters of Condolence

A condolence letter is the hardest kind of letter to write--but one of the most important. What you say depends on how close you were to the person who died and the person left behind. Your respective religions, the age of the person who died and how they died play a part as well.

Many people don't know what to say so they send a pre-printed card or a short note with the usual remarks about being sad and keeping the person in their prayers. There is really nothing wrong with that. It lets the person who is grieving know you are thinking of them and that their loved one is remembered. There is also nothing wrong with sending poems or quotes if they convey your feelings. But it is much more comforting if you include personal things about the person who died or the specific situation. The best condolence letter makes the recipient smile in the midst of tears and contains a message of hopefulness.

Start by relating an event involving the person who died. Perhaps something that is typical of them or that shows a side their loved one didn't know. It doesn't have to be anything significant--just an amusing incident, a touching thing they did for you or a reason you were glad to have had the pleasure of knowing them. Mention specifics about the person--their looks, personality, hobbies, character, etc. Don't worry about grammar or spelling--this is the time to write from your heart. The person will not be comforted by perfect sentence structure but by the thoughts behind your words. The length of the letter isn't important either. A few heartfelt sentences is fine--or a page or two if it is someone you know really well.

One thing you should probably avoid is saying you "know how they feel". Even if you have had a similar loss it is better to say "I remember how I felt when I lost my mother". There may be things you don't know about even your closest friends. If you talk about how you felt about your loss you are less likely to get into a sensitive area without knowing it.

You also might want to avoid saying things like "she is in a better place" unless you are positive the person wants to hear it. Even if they believe it they may not be ready to hear it yet--especially if the death was unexpected. Of course if the person died after a long illness or was in pain it is fine to say you are glad they are no longer suffering.

Talk about the relationship between the person who died and their loved ones. "Your mother often talked about how helpful you were to her." "It was a joy to see the love in your husbands eyes when he looked at you." "She was lucky to have a sister that shared her love of doll collecting." Most people concentrate on saying nice things about the person who died. But those left behind will take comfort in the thought that they were an asset in the lives of their loved one.

End the letter with a measure of hope. If you know their religious beliefs you can talk about them someday being reunited with their loved one or of their loved one watching over them from Heaven. Be sure to mention the lasting affect the person who died had on the people they knew--whether they were a teacher, a parent, a doctor, a nurse, a dedicated volunteer or just a friend that you could share a good time with.

Even if you agree with everything I have said, chances are you might never do it. I wrote several letters like this over the years but didn't send most of them. They seemed so different from the usual condolence letters that I ended up sending a card and short note instead. However, the times I did send the letters, the recipients told me how much they treasured my words.

Song Lists

Below are song lists about letters, lists, mail, messages, notes, and postcards.

Songs about Letters

• All Her Letters - Terry Carisse (1980)
• Apology Letter - Two Stars Burning Sun (2005)
• Blue Letters - The Callahan Brothers (1952)
• Bundle of Old Love Letters, A - New Mexi-Chords (1995)
• Daddy's Last Letter - Tex Ritter (1950)
• Dear Abby - John Prine (1973)
• Dear Ann - George Baker Selection (1969)
• Dear Dad - Linda Welby (2008)
• Dear Darcie - Steve Fromholz (1976)
• Dear Darling - Ryan Suzuka (2008)
• Dear Darling, I'll Be There - Dennis DeYoung (1984)
• Dear David - Abi Moore (2006)
• Dear Diana - Hypnotique (2005)
• Dear Elaine - Roy Wood (1973)
• Dear Eloise - The Hollies (1967)
• Dear Ivan - Jimmy Dean (1962)
• Dear Jean, I'm Nervous - City Boy (1977)
• Dear Joan - Jack Cardwell (1953)
• Dear John - Styx (1997)
• Dear John Letter - Skeeter Davis and Bobby Bare (1965)
• Dear Katie - James Blunt (1973)
• Dear Lonely Hearts - Nat King Cole (1962)
• Dear Lover - Mary Wells (1965)
• Dear Madelyn - Lew Bedell (1997)
• Dear Mama - Merle Kilgore (1960)
• Dear Marie - Gretchen Lieberum (2002)
• Dear Mary - Eric Maring (2001)
• Dear Mom - Quite Corine (2008)
• Dear Prudence - The Jerry Garcia Band (1991)
• Dear Ruth - Greg Garrett (2008)
• Dear Soldier Boy - Gale B. Gardiner (2008)
• Dear Teresa - The Browns (1963)
• Dear Uncle Sam - Loretta Lynn (1966)
• Dear Wastebasket - Bobby Bare (1963)
• Dearest Darling - Bo Diddley (1958)
• Dearest Santa - Bobby Vinton (1964)
• Did You Write a Letter to Your Sweetheart? - Jimmy Wakely (1951)
• Don't Forget to Write - June Valli (1953)
• Eight Letters in the Mailbox - Raymond Scott Orchestra (1942)
• Empty Letter - Tex Williams (1964)
• Every Word I Write - Dottie West (1977)
• Faded Flowers in Old Love Letters - Norman Blake (1999)
• Faded Love Letters of Mine - Girls of the Golden West (1933)
• He Wrote to Forgive Me - Melba Montgomery (1968)
• His Last Letter - Jimmy Drake (1962)
• How Can I Write on Paper What I Feel in My Heart? - Jim Reeves (1962)
• Girl at the Typewriter, The - The Beau Hunks (1995)
• I Burned Your Letter - Ruth Brown (1960)
• I Can't Hold Your Letter in My Arms - Jack Scott (1962)
• I Found a Letter - John Cowan (1998)
• I Found Your Letter - The Hilltoppers (1954)
• I Got a Letter - Roger Flyer (2007)
• I Got a Letter From Mary - The Teens (1978)
• I Received a Letter - Delbert and Glen (1972)
• I Wrote a Letter - Johnnie Allan (1965)
• I Wrote My Heart a Letter - Cousin Herb Henson (1953)
• I'll Hang My Letters Out to Dry - Kathy Young (1961)
• I'll Write to You - Frankie Miller (1961)
• I'm Gonna Paper My Walls With Your Love Letters - Dean Martin (1950)
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - Williams (1957)
• I'm Writing You a Letter - Alvin Lee (1974)
• I've Got a Letter - The Slewfoot Five (1953)
• I've Written a Letter to Daddy - Bette Davis (1975)
• If I Wrote You - Joan Baez (1997)
• If My Heart Could Write a Letter - The Crests (1960)
• In a Letter to You - Eddy Raven (1989)
• In Care of the Blues - Patsy Cline (1964)
• In My Reply - Livingston Taylor (1970)
• In Your Letter - REO Speedwagon (1981)
• Internet Love Letter - The Consultants (2005)
• John Deere Letter - Ricky Lee Phelps (2003)
• Just an Old Forgotten Letter - Wilf Carter (1942)
• Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming in - The Mosbys (1964)
• Last Letter - Grady Martin (1967)
• Let This Be a Letter to My Baby - Jackie Wilson (1970)
• Letter, The - Ronnie Reno (1983)
• Letter (Almost Home), The - Clint Daniels (2003)
• Letter and a Ring, A - Conway Twitty (1971)
• Letter Came This Morning, A - Freddie Scott (1958)
• Letter Edged in Black - Neil Andrews (2007)
• Letter From a Lady in Love - Carol Brent (1949)
• Letter From a Trench in Korea - Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1952)
• Letter From Ann, A - The Videls (1961)
• Letter From Betty, A - Bobby Vee (1963)
• Letter From Diane - Barry Sides (2007)
• Letter From Down the Road - Hedy West (1963)
• Letter From Down Under - Slim Dusty (1976)
• Letter From Home - Ken Marvin (1961)
• Letter From Jenny - Bonnie Guitar (1965)
• Letter From My Baby - B.B. and the Blues Shacks (1997)
• Letter from My Darlin' - The Blue Grass Boys (1952)
• Letter From My Darling - Little Willie John (1956)
• Letter From Sherry - Dale Ward (1964)
• Letter From Vietnam - SSgt Barry Sadler (1966)
• Letter Full of Tears - Billy Fury (1962)
• Letter Home - The Forester Sisters (1988)
• Letter I Never Did Mail, A - The Cowboy Ramblers (1941)
• Letter I Should Never Have Mailed, A - Betty Cody (1954)
• Letter I'm Mailing to You, The - Texas Jim Robertson (1948)
• Letter in the Mail - James Taylor (1988)
• Letter Marked Unclaimed, The - Sons of the Pioneers (1946)
• Letter Overdue - Claude Gray (1959)
• Letter That Broke My Heart, The - Texas Ruby (1948)
• Letter That Came Too Late - Mac and Bob (1927)
• Letter That I Wrote - Robin and Linda Williams (1999)
• Letter That Johnny Walker Read, The - Asleep at the Wheel (1975)
• Letter That Never Came - Thomas Newman (2004)
• Letter That Never Reached Home - Thoroughbreds (1995)
• Letter to a Friend - Jessi Lynn (2003)
• Letter to an Angel - The Rockets (1958)
• Letter to Anya - Jeanne Black (1962)
• Letter to Emily - Bobby Goldsboro (1969)
• Letter to Home - IIIrd Tyme Out (1995)
• Letter to L.A. - Joe Ely (1987)
• Letter to Laredo - Joe Ely (1984)
• Letter to Lucille - Tom Jones (1973)
• Letter to Me - Brad Paisley (2007)
• Letter to Mom - Iris DeMent (1996)
• Letter to My Baby - Roy Brown (1955)
• Letter to My Love - The Hollywood Flames (1963)
• Letter to My Soulmate - Malynda Hale (2007)
• Letter to Myself - The Chi-Lites (1973)
• Letter to the Beatles - The Four Preps (1964)
• Letter to the President - The All Night News Boys (1972)
• Letter to Tom - The Country Gentlemen (1980)
• Letter You Promised to Write, The - Terry Preston (1949)
• Letters From Home - John Michael Montgomery (2004)
• Letters From Korea - Mike Montano (2010)
• Letters From Lisbon - Joe Carvalho (2008)
• Letters From War - Mark Schultz (2003)
• Letters Have No Arms - Ernest Tubb (1950)
• Letters I Still Keep, The - Brian Michael Tracy (2007)
• Letters of Love - The Dovells (1960)
• Lonely Letters - Damita Jo (1968)
• Lonesome for a Letter - Sanford Clark (1956)
• Lost Letter, The - Ronnie Prophet (1975)
• Love Always, Letter to Home - Glen Campbell (1984)
• Love Letter - Pearl Bailey (1968)
• Love Letters - Groove Holmes (1989)
• Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone (1957)
• My First Love Letter - Nancy Stevens (1961)
• My Last Letter - Shirley and Lee (1962)
• No Letter From My Baby - Bobby Bare (1960)
• No Letter in the Mail - Joe Isaacs (2003)
• No Letter in the Mail Today - Jim and Jesse (1998)
• No Letter Today - Ted Daffan and His Texans (1944)
• Old Love Letters - Slim Dusty (1963)
• One Sweet Letter from You - Noel Boggs (1952)
• Open Letter to My Teenage Son - Victor Lundberg (1967)
• Open the Letter - Burt Holiday (1957)
• P.S. I Love You - Tom T. Hall (1984)
• Package of Lies Tied in Blue, A - Cowboy Copas (1949)
• Please Answer My Letter - Cowboy Copas (1946)
• Please Write - The Tokens (1963)
• Postmark: Vienna - The Three Suns (1956)
• Postmarked Birmingham - Blackhawk (1997)
• Put All Your Kisses in an Envelope - Dale Evans (1951)
• Return to Sender - Elvis Presley (1962)
• Sad Letter Blues - Muddy Waters (1950)
• Sailor's Letter, A - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan (1955)
• Sealed with a Kiss - Bobby Vinton (1972)
• Secret Letter to a Lost Friend - My Early Mustang (2005)
• Send a Letter to Me - Freddie and the Dreamers (1965)
• Send Me a Letter - Jimmy Elledge (1961)
• Send Me No More Letters - Trapeze (1970)
• Seven Letters - Ben E. King (1965)
• Signed, Sealed and Delivered - Rusty Draper (1961)
• Signed, Sealed, Then Forgotten - Cowboy Copas (1950)
• Sincerely, Your Friend - Benny Joy (1961)
• Sincerely Yours - Robert Goulet (1962)
• Sit Down and Write a Letter to Me, Wontcha Baby? - Starr (1964)
• Soldier's Last Letter - Ernest Tubb (1944)
• Something to Write Home About - Craig Morgan (2000)
• Take a Letter, Maria - Anthony Armstrong Jones (1970)
• Take a Letter, Miss Gray - Justin Tubb (1963)
• Take a Letter, Miss Smith - Tony Martin and Fran Warren (1950)
• Tear-Stained Letter - Jo-El Sonnier (1988)
• Teardrops on Your Letter - Billy 'Crash' Craddock (1965)
• Teenage Letter - Billy Lee Riley (1961)
• Telegram - Barbara Fairchild (1965)
• That Last Love Letter - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan (1951)
• Those Letters - The Ellis Brothers (1992)
• Two Letters - Tiny Hill Orchestra (1951)
• Typewriter - Leroy Anderson (1953)
• Unfinished Letter - Red Sovine (1970)
• Unsigned Letter - Chris Gaines (1999)
• Waiting for a Letter - Goldie Hill (1953)
• Western Union Wire - Jimmy Payne (1972)
• Why Don't You Write Me? - Ray Peterson (1961)
• With Pen in Hand - Vikki Carr (1969)
• Write and Tell Me Why - The Orioles (1963)
• Write Back - Name Taken (2003)
• Write Me a Letter - Aerosmith (1991)
• Write Me One Sweet Letter - The Ravens (1952)
• Write Me, Sweetheart - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver (2004)
• Write My Baby a Letter - Wallace Johnson (1996)
• Write to Me - The Isley Brothers (1961)
• Write to Me From Naples - Dean Martin (1958)
• Write You a Letter - Molly Venter (2008)
• Yesterday's Letters - Billy Lord (1969)
• Your Letter - B.B. King (1962)
• Your Old Love Letters - Porter Wagoner (1961)
• Yours Sincerely - Patsy Sledd (1973)
• Yours Truly - Snooks Eaglin (1960)
• Zip Code - Richard Fenn and Nick Mason (1985)

Songs about Lists

• Kiss on My List - Hall and Oates (1981)
• List of Reasons - Dale Watson (1995)
• Long List of Obvious Reasons - Highway 101 (2003)
• My List - Toby Keith (2002)

Songs about Mail

• Address Enclosed - The Trashmen (1968)
• Address Unknown - The Tymes (1963)
• Air Mail Special - The Whippoorwills (1959)
• Airmail Special - Marshall Lytle (1994)
• Airmail Special Delivery - Gene Pitney (1961)
• Airmail Special (Good Enough to Keep) - Ella Fitzgerald (1952)
• At Mail Call Today - Red Foley (1945)
• Blue Mail Box - Starfish (2008)
• Bringin' in the Georgia Mail - The Tennessee Cut-Ups (1960)
• C.O.D. - Margaret Whiting (1953)
• Check in the Mail - Millie Jackson (1996)
• Dead Letter Box - Jack Casady (2003)
• Doggin' in the U.S. Mail - Hal Willis (1966)
• Drop Me a Line - The Hollywood Flames (1963)
• Eight Letters in the Mailbox - Raymond Scott Orchestra (1942)
• Empty Old Mailbox - Don Rigsby (2000)
• Fast Mail Rambler - Lightnin' Hopkins (1947)
• Fireball Mail - The Smokey Mountain Boys (1942)
• Great Mail Robbery, The - Rex Allen, Jr. (1974)
• Greeting Card - Chad Allan (1968)
• Hey, Mister Mailman - Billy Jack Wills and His Band (1957)
• I Am the Merry Mailman - Ray Heatherton (1938)
• I'm Gonna Tear Down the Mailbox - Wilf Carter (1948)
• It's Time for the Postman's Ring - Martha Davis (1946)
• Junk Mail - John McCutcheon (1999)
• Key's in the Mailbox, The - Tony Booth (1972)
• Letter I Never Did Mail, A - The Cowboy Ramblers (1941)
• Letter I Should Never Have Mailed, A - Betty Cody (1954)
• Letter I'm Mailing to You, The - Texas Jim Robertson (1948)
• Letter in the Mail - James Taylor (1988)
• Letter Marked Unclaimed, The - Sons of the Pioneers (1946)
• Mail Call Time - Mel and Tim (1970)
• Mail Carrier's Warning - Bill Clifton (1960)
• Mail, Mail, There Ain't No Mail - Tony Martin (1957)
• Mail Myself to You - John McCutcheon (1988)
• Mail She's Waiting For, The - Bill Goodwin (1967)
• Mail-Order Gun - Brian Hyland (1970)
• Mail-Order Heart - Wayne Raney (1964)
• Mailbox Blues - Slim Harpo (1968)
• Mailman - The Count Five (1969)
• Mailman Blues - Sleepy John Estes (1940)
• Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues - The Crickets (1957)
• Mailman Passed and Didn't Leave No News - Snooks Eaglin (1963)
• Mailman Song - The Four Postmen (1993)
• Mailman's Sack - Tiny Bradshawin (1952)
• Mister Mailman - Ronnie Milsap (1968)
• Money in the Mail - Country Gazette (1982)
• Morning Mail - Slim Dusty (1966)
• New Zip Code - Radney Foster (2006)
• No Letter in the Mail - Joe Isaacs (2003)
• No Letter in the Mail Today - Jim and Jesse (1998)
• No Mail Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins (1949)
• P.O. Box 19 - Johnny Cole (1959)
• P.O. Box 9847 - Boyce and Hart (1968)
• Parcel Post Blues - Brownie McGhee (1973)
• Pickin' Up the Mail - The Compton Brothers (1967)
• Please, Mister Postman - The Carpenters (1975)
• Postage Due - Solar Wind (1984)
• Postman Brought the Blues to My Door, The - Ray Godfrey (1961)
• Postman Just Passes Me By, The - Cowboy Copas (1950)
• Postman's Knock - Albion Band (2009)
• Postmark: Vienna - The Three Suns (1956)
• Postmarked Birmingham - Blackhawk (1997)
• Presents to Send You - Jimmy Buffett (1974)
• R.F.D. Blues - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan (1950)
• Return to Sender - Elvis Presley (1962)
• Rural Box A - Jasper Stone (1999)
• Send in Your Name and Address - Grandpa Jones (1951)
• Send Me the Pillow You Dream on - The Whites (1981)
• Sending Your Pictures Back - Tommy Duncan (1956)
• Song of the Barefoot Mailman - Billy Leach (1954)
• Special Delivery - Cecil Gant (1948)
• There Goes the Mailman - Arthur Prysock (1957)
• Three Postmen, The - The Four Postmen (1993)
• Twistin' Postman - The Marvelettes (1962)
• Waitin' for the Evening Mail - Clancy Hayes (1962)
• Waiting for the Evening Mail - Ray McKinley (1996)
• Your Check's in the Mail - The Stan Bock Ensemble (2007)
• Zip Code - Richard Fenn and Nick Mason (1985)

Songs about Messages

• Gotta Get a Message to You - Glitter Band (1977)
• I've Gotta Get a Message to You - The Bee Gees (1968)
• Leave a Message - The Derailers (2003)
• Love is the Message - The Three Degrees and MFSB (1974)
• Message in a Bottle - Ian Gillan Band (1979)
• Message in Our Music - The O'Jays (1976)
• Message of Love - Rick Cua (1991)
• Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) - Adam Faith (1964)
• Message to Michael - Dionne Warwick (1966)
• Message to the Wind, A - Gordon Lightfoot (1999)
• Take a Message to Mary - Don Cherry (1968)

Songs about Notes

• Big Blue Note - Toby Keith (2005)
• I Left a Note to Say Goodbye - Shelley Fabares (1963)
• I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow - Billy Joe Royal (1988)
• Note, The - Daryle Singletary (1998)
• Note From You - Andrew Gold (1975)
• Note That Read, A - Bert Sommer (1968)
• Notes From Home - The Chapmans (1999)
• Post-it Note Proposal - Billy Bridge (2003)

Songs about Postcards

• Old Shoes and Picture Postcards - Tom Waits (1973)
• Postcard - Mary Hopkin (1969)
• Postcard From Jamaica - Sopwith Camel (1967)
• Postcard From Mexico - Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin (2006)
• Postcards - David Ackles (1973)
• Postcards and Apologies - Two Cow Garage (2004)
• Postcards From Atlantis - Colleen (2009)
• Send Me a Penny Postcard - Jimmie Skinner (1935)
• Send Me a Postcard - Shocking Blue (1968)