First thing, I’m not going to refer to it as ‘snail mail’… it’s such a derogatory term both towards the physical mail system and the gastropods named. It will be called ‘real mail’.

I suspect everyone prefers real mail to the electronic variety, though presumably for different reasons.

Maybe it’s the tactile nature of the paper or perhaps knowing that someone has spent a reasonable amount of time and effort to contact you… or it could be that you appreciate the massive logistical triumph that it is.

I doubt it will die out. Indeed, I think email is a temporary intermediate.

Eventually, I hope, you will be able to send real letters via a small box that you can carry (the box will get smaller in time, eventually it will be a keyring). You put the letter in the box and it is immediately transported to its target box. With further advance in technology it could be possible to send parcels too.

The instant nature of email with the physical benefits of real post.

Incidentally, I sent a letter with the address of a specially created email account written instead of an address. Untypically, from the system that replies to letters addressed to ‘God’ and ‘Father Christmas’, I have yet to receive a response.