A postal service should be implemented in the game and it should cost money to send a parcel to someone, so incase you wanna give them a gift or your to far to give someone an item, you can mail one. A postal office should be put only in major cities or towns.
Also a weekly newspaper should be made, ran by the players, made from the players, for the players. In the newspaper can be new updates, new items, players that make the headlines, developments in the storyline of the game, guild events, job openings from guilds, recruitment from guilds, open-house auction reminders, or anything that enhances the communcication over large distances throughout the world of Planeshift. Its important in my belief that communcation throughout the Devs, admins, and players should be one of the most important aspects to the game.
In conclusion, these are the reasons why I believe a newspaper and postal service system should be implemented in the game.