Dynamail



Dynamail is a system of pipelines with magnets in them, used to propel cylindrical containers called "tubes" at high speeds. Invented in 11949 GHE, the original purpose of the dynamail system was to deliver packages and mail, but since its introduction it has been adapted to include other forms of traffic, including vending machine deliveries colloquially known as the OpenVendor system.



The use of dynamail tubes to deliver mail or small parcels is known as d-mail.

OpenVendor
Prior to 11995 GHE, dynamail vending machines used proprietary systems to facilitate routing capsules. This was necessary because many of the machines were not equipped to handle full-size or articulated dynamail package cylinders, and apartment dynamail boxes could not accommodate the proprietary containers used by Vac-U-Vend and similar companies, so if anything was incorrectly delivered it would require a technician to unclog the pipe by removing the tube.

Furthermore, Enbox's Vac-U-Vend system was patented, so Red-Lite and SuperShop had to come up with alternatives that wouldn't transgress on Enbox's patents. Even after the patents on the Vac-U-Vend system expired, the Traffic-Lite system and CapSeller Network were themselves patented, resulting in the dynamail system having to handle protocols for three very different computer networks.

In 11995 GHE, the OpenVendor open source dynamail system was proposed. By this point the Traffic-Lite system's patents had expired, and SuperShop was considering moving from maintaining their own CapSeller codebase to adopting the first shared standard that came along.

By 12000 GHE, all three major vending machine operators had converted to using the OpenVendor system, and the door was open for new players to enter the industry.