does the word "mail" refer to email or ordinary letter?
His mother had handled them all, with the help—through the mail—of his father, and he had some money in an account for college. Actually, enough to complete college. But it had finally slowed down and he didn’t miss it.
quoted from Gary Paulsen's " The River"

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does the word "mail" refer to email or ordinary letter?
His mother had handled them all, with the help—through the mail—of his father, and he had some money in an account for college. Actually, enough to complete college. But it had finally slowed down and he didn’t miss it.  
quoted from Gary Paulsen's " The River"

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Generally it could mean both, but in this case it probably means ordinary letters

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The novel was written in 1991 so it almost certainly means by letter, through the postal service.

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I believe in this case it is referring to snail mail (letters and the like).

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