[Clips] Swiss introduce e-post

[R.A. Hettinga]

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 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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