Mail still relevant to businesses.

Despite the rising use of fax and e-mail, business executives clearly believe that mail is a vital part of the business communications mix. Three-fourths of business executives read mail as soon as it is received, 65% feel strongly that letters are important when conducting official business; and 69% consider mail an excellent means of assuring confidentiality, according to a poll by the Wirthlin Group, a New York-based opinion research firm, conducted for the U.S. Postal Service. The survey covered sales, marketing, human resources, finance...