The majority of American adults cite mailing envelopes as the safest way to send written communications

Submitted by: The Two Sides Team March 18, 2010

The majority of American adults cite mailing envelopes as the safest way to send written communications according to a mail preference survey released by the Envelope Manufacturers Association Foundation. The research is in stark contrast to the common assumption that communications today is all digital. Mailing using envelopes was far head of e-mail and other types of Internet communications in a nationwide survey.

The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, Inc., found that 60 percent of respondents said that envelopes and the mail were the safest vehicle for such communications. Just 26 percent cited e-mail or the Internet as the safest way to send written information.

Other significant findings from the survey include:

78 percent of respondents preferred receiving their bills in an envelope in the mail

75 percent of respondents preferred receiving their financial statements other than bills in an envelope in the mail rather than electronically via e-mail or on the Internet

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