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[Clips] Swiss introduce e-post
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R.A. Hettinga)
Fri Jul 8 16:01:39 2005
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The Register
Biting the hand that feeds IT
The Register » Internet and Law » eCommerce »
Swiss introduce e-post
By Jan Libbenga (libbenga at yahoo.com)
Published Wednesday 6th July 2005 11:34 GMT
Swiss Post has bought the Zurich-based firm SwissSign
(http://www.swisssign.com), which specialises in digital encryption, to
introduce registered e-post. Its new incaMail communication platform will
permit letters with signature or registered letters to be displayed
electronically in a legally-binding form.
The digital postmark will act as a guarantee of delivery, Swiss Post says.
The sender would be required to attach a signature to the contents and the
sender would receive proof that the message was delivered.
Swiss Post and the Swiss Federal Court have already agreed to conduct a
pilot project. The pilot - called JusLink - serves to install incaMail as
an electronic delivery platform for the exchange of documents between
attorneys and courts.
Traditional post offices would still have a role to play in the digital
revolution, despite a decline in the volume of traditional letters of 16
per cent by 2010. The post office network would function as registration
offices to verify the identification of applicants.
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The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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