Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
They used to have a real post office on the departure level (outside security) of T1. I once bought a box and mailed a gift acquired for a friend in India mid-trip from there.
Yes, I do remember. I think it was in hall B just before you entered the secure area. But with all the cost cutting measures since the privatization of the German postal service a lot of offices were closed and replaced by a kind of "franchise" model.