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| Delivery Status |
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| Legal delivery for Registered E-mail® is analogous
to that of receipted postal service and courier
mail. |
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Registered
E-mail® |
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Traditional
Mail |
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(Legal
Delivery)
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Opened |
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Recipient signed |
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Mailbox |
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Assistant signed, put
on desk
in in-box |
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Mail server |
= |
Mail room signed |
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(Undeliverable)
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Failure |
= |
No one will sign for
it |
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The Delivery Status column reflects the interpretation
of the recorded "acceptance signature"
and shows the legal standing of each Registered
E-mail® for all recipients of an e-mail. For
example, if you send an e-mail with one address
in the "to" field and two addresses in
the "cc" field, you will receive ONE Registered
Receipt™ with the delivery disposition for
all three addressees in the receipt.
According to the Federal E-SIGN law and state version,
the UETA law (Uniform Electronic Transaction Act),
the baseline for delivery of an e-mail is delivery
to the AGENT who the receiver authorizes to collect
their e-mail. With e-mail, this agent is typically
the receiver's mail server. Internet protocols require
this AGENT to be listed in the Internet directories
as the mail server that the receiver has authorized
to collect his or her Internet e-mail. The analogy
to traditional mail or courier delivery would be
someone in the recipients mailroom who is authorized
to sign for a registered/courier letter or a package.
The analogy for electronic delivery to the "mail
box" is as though the receiver's assistant
signed for a traditional mail package and put it
on receiver's desk in their inbox.
The analogy for electronic delivery to "opened,"
is as though the receiver signed for the traditional
mail package himself or herself.
All three levels of delivery are deemed legally
delivered according to the E-SIGN and UETA laws.
Again, the baseline for legal delivery is delivery
to the mail server. The RPost Registration System™
is set to give the highest level of delivery possible,
so it will try to get "delivered to mailbox"
or "opened" delivery status, however,
this is good information to have, but not required
to prove legal delivery.
"Delivery
Failure" can be due to an incorrect address,
mailbox full, lost data packets during delivery,
lost connection during receipt, receiver server
problems such as server maintenance, under capacity
or refusal to acknowledge completed delivery.
Common Questions:
Has the RPost Registration System™
ever been tested in court?
All the components of Registered E-mail® technology
and delivery analogies have been tested in court.
Typically, disputing the validity of a Registered
Receipt™ or an e-mail transmission would be
part of a case and would come up in the evidence
discovery process. RPost™ uses the most widely
court tested, National Institute of Standards and
Testing (NIST) approved, and ISO-compliant encryption
techniques available. Further details and case law
are available in the RPost™ white paper, "Registered
E-mail Technology and the Law" which is available
upon request.
Will the Delivery
Receipt note, "opened" even if it is viewed
in the preview panel?
Yes, if it can be determined. |
