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Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:28:01 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Clips] Swiss introduce e-post Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/swiss_e_post/print.html> 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. Related stories Sending data by email: a govt licence to print money (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/05/commercial_data_sent_by_email_liable_for_vat/) PGP makes email encryption easier (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/15/pgp_makes_email_encryption_easier/) German postie punts pilfered parcels on eBay (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/23/ebay_germany_postman/) -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
