RPost Delivers Key Capabilities For Outbound E-mails: Page 2 of 3

Note that the proof RPost provides is one of delivery to a particular mailbox with detection of opening when it can be determined. Nothing can be done to ensure that the recipient actually read and understood what was being sent, but they cannot claim that they never got it. Certification is also important for other important e-mails that may not have legal consequences, such as whether or not a proposal was delivered by a deadline. Such proof has no legal standing but can provide a means of sleeping easier, such as knowing that someone to whom you sent an e-mail has no grounds for complaining that they never got it.

Signatures are still required to prove or approve the validity of a document, such as a contract. Although many transactions are now conducted without a signature, such as using a credit card online versus having to provide a signature for a credit card transaction in a physical store, many others still require a signature. And even though electronic signatures are sometimes allowed, the old-fashioned handwritten signature is still often required.

That has tended to result in Rube Goldberg solutions where a document is physically printed, signed, and then either faxed or scanned and then e-mailed as a PDF attachment. RPost enables the sender to send any document attached to e-mail and the receiver receives it in a form that permits them to hand write a mouse-scripted signature right onto the contract. This use of an electronic mouse to hand write a signature may or may not result in a perfect looking signature, but it is legal!

Some e-mails must be kept confidential and RPost enables the use of encryption to ensure data privacy. Obviously, encryption is not unique to RPost, but it is a necessary functionality for an outbound messaging services product. RPost optionally sends an auto-generated e-mail with the password in advance of the encrypted e-mail to eliminate the need to exchange passwords.

This is certainly not a perfect solution if an unauthorized individual is examining all e-mails that are being sent to a recipient, but then that is a problem whose cure goes well-beyond encryption into serious security products and strategies. An important benefit of RPost's encryption service is RPost's proof - in this case, proof that provides the sender a record that they complied with any encryption requirements. Such proof can serve as the protector from fines in case there is a downstream data breach that is incorrectly blamed on the sender.