E-mail is one of the ways that the Internet is helping people connect. Now that people can send off a quick e-mail, there is little need for the so-called ‘snail mail’ that used to be the standard way for people who lived far apart to keep up with one another.

Facebook envelope symbol

In addition to using e-mail for business, which allows instant communication in matters requiring a timely answer, e-mail is very popular among home Internet users as well. In fact, e-mail is making such an impact on the mail industry that the US Postal Service has actually started losing money.
Now there is something on the Internet that is even better than e-mail as a way to send messages your friends. Facebook allows you to chat in real time through Facebook chat or you can send messages similar to e-mail through the Facebook inbox. You can also post status updates to your wall that all of your friends can see.

Some people use special Facebook symbols in these messages to add something extra to their communications. The envelope symbol is one of the many symbols available that you can insert into your Facebook messages. Here is what it looks like:

Facebook envelope symbol

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If you want to use the above symbol in your Facebook chat, status updates or messages, all you have to do is copy and paste it from this article into your message. Let us know what you think of the envelope symbol by leaving a comment below.