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| Proves Legal Delivery |
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UETA (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) provides
that an electronic record is considered received
by the intended recipient when it enters an information
processing system that the recipient has designated
or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic
records of the type sent and from which the recipient
is able to retrieve the electronic record, and is
in a form capable of being processed by that system.
In the case of e-mail, this provision means that
an electronic message is delivered once delivered
to the e-mail server authorized to receive mail
for the recipient's address. This might be a corporate
mail server or the server of the Internet Service
Provider that manages the individual's (POP) mail
or web mail account. It is important to note that
an e-mail message is considered received even if
no individual is aware of its receipt. That is,
as with first class mail or indeed, USPS registered
mail, once the message is delivered it makes no
difference whether or not the addressee actually
opens it.
If delivery to mail server is delivery, proof of
delivery must prove delivery to the recipient's
mail server. What counts as such proof? An analogy
to registered mail delivery is a useful framework.
The baseline for delivery is delivered to the recipients
mail room or the agent who they have authorized
to sign for their mail. On the Internet, the recipient
has authorized their mail server to be listed as
their agent to sign for and accept their e-mail.
RPost's patent pending technology uses proprietary
techniques to prove delivery as a baseline to the
recipients' agent, or mail server. RPost will also
work to provide additional information when capable,
with information about placement into the recipients'
mailbox or whether and when they opened the e-mail. |
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delivery failure in the 'Delivery Status' of the
receipt could be the result of a bad address, the
receiver's mailbox being full, their network down or
other reasons. |
