Industry/Function: Transportation-Airlines / Regulatory Location: United States RPost Service: Registered Email™ service Use/Application: Registered Email™ service for communications with the federal entities that regulate the airline industry. Benefit: This legal communication brings accountability and proof of delivery to email communications, permitting them to speed processes [...]

Industry/Function: Transportation-Airlines / Human Resources Location: United States RPost Service: Registered Email™ service Use/Application: The Human Resources department sends employee notices as Registered Email™ messages, for proof of receipt of employee manual changes, insurance benefit changes, as well as other critical communications where they are obligated to deliver and show proof of suc [...]

The following article, “Email Carries the Power of Paper” is useful to demonstrate that text typed in email may carry the same weight as text memorialized in paper documents. However, one should consider that if one is to rely on email records, they should ensure that the integrity of the content of those records and the time of delivery cannot be successfully challenged. To shirk responsibility, it is all too easy to deny receipt or challenge the validi [...]