mail sorting
Arranging delivered letters
Mail sorting is the process of organizing postal items by destination for efficient delivery.
Letters and packages are separated by address, postal code, or route—historically by hand, now largely automated.
The term extends to email filtering: My inbox has automatic mail sorting for newsletters.
Sorting facilities are called mail sorting centers or offices.
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- express deliveryExpedited parcel service
- postal workersLetter delivery employees
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- postal codesMail delivery locators
barcode scanning · pigeonhole · conveyor belts · batch processing · package tracking · distribution centers · presort · delivery confirmation · delivery routes · scanners · customs clearance · postmark · return to sender · clerks · sacks · address · post office box · overnight
- sorting activitiesalphabetizing, filing, categorizing, binning, grading
- postmaster dutiespackage handling, delivery routes, postal regulations, route planning
- mailletter, letters, email, envelope, postcard
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- postalstamp, stamps, postal service, letter, letters
- postal servicepost office, stamps, stamp, mailbox, letter carriers
mail sortingmail delivery
Conveying correspondence to recipients
mail collection · postal delivery · doorstep delivery · mail distribution