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RFE: Since snail mail is unpredictable, would be nice to be able to schedule a time and/or date for the tweet to be posted, instead of just the FIFO system it seems to employ.

Also, can you add an auto-GPS location (on request, checkbox?) based on the postmark?

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I think we'll just scan the note and post it as a twitpic or on flickr. We have a few days to decide :)

If you follow http://twitter.com/SnailMailTweet you'll see it in your http://twitter.com/replies

> I think we'll just scan the note

http://www.earthclassmail.com/

I'm not worried about knowing when to see the replies... My thought was having something posted that was not accurate.

Like, if I know I'm going to go grocery shopping next Sunday afternoon, I could mail you a postcard with the tweet "At the grocery store. The produce looks icky". Well, you might get that on Friday and post it then, and it wouldn't be accurate, and that just seems wrong.

Cute idea, but I don't want to over-engineer... just add a date/time note somewhere on the letter and I can accommodate.

why would you that kind of thing? i don't think snail mails are free. and what do you achieve by going this route?

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