Postmaster
Mail office head
A postmaster is the official in charge of a post office.
The position involves overseeing mail operations, managing staff, and serving as the local authority on postal matters.
She served as postmaster of the town for thirty years.
The term applies regardless of gender, though postmistress was once common for women.
Postmaster general heads an entire national postal system.
Of occupied territories
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- relay stationsPoints that retransmit signals
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- Pony ExpressMounted relay postal system
telegraph · frontier · dispatch · sealing wax · correspondence · town square · appointments · political patronage
Conveying correspondence to recipients
- sortingArranging into sequence
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
zip codes · routes · clerks · carriers · regulations · deadlines · bulk mail · registered mail
System routing electronic correspondence
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- SMTPEmail transmission protocol
- mail serverSystem routing electronic messages
- domainArea of control
spam filter · queue · bounce · configuration · logs · protocols · network · inbox
Modest rural settlement
- trustedEarned belief in
- civil servantGovernment administration employee
- public officeGovernmental role through election
- appointmentsScheduled times for meetings
gossip · social hub · village · rural · familiar face · community pillar · generations · family business
colonial
Of occupied territories
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- relay stationsPoints that retransmit signals
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
Pony Express · telegraph · frontier · dispatch · sealing wax · correspondence · town square · appointments · political patronage · general store
mail delivery
Conveying correspondence to recipients
letters · zip codes · routes · clerks · carriers · regulations · deadlines · bulk mail · registered mail · certified mail
email server
System routing electronic correspondence
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- SMTPEmail transmission protocol
- mail serverSystem routing electronic messages
domain · spam filter · queue · bounce · configuration · logs · protocols · network · inbox · outbox
small town
Modest rural settlement
- trustedEarned belief in
- civil servantGovernment administration employee
- public officeGovernmental role through election
appointments · gossip · social hub · village · rural · familiar face · community pillar · generations · family business · landmark
Postmasterletter carrier
Postal delivery worker
mail carrier · mailman · postman · postal worker · courier
- postmaster generalChief of postal operations