What is the Swiss Post Box? Now being introduced in Switzerland, the Swiss Post Box system is a new way to deliver mail online, instead of having the postman stop by and put your mail in your mailbox.
How does this new email postal service work? First, I should mention that the program was designed by Earth Class Mail, based in Seattle. Earth Class Mail has tens of thousands individual subscribers and charges $10.00 to $60.00 a month for the service. The service is used widely in Britain, the United States, Canada and Mexico. Now the Swiss postal service has started redirecting mail from the letter box to your online inbox. The Swiss service starts at 19.90 Swiss francs.
Here are some specific tools which are provided:
- Allows subscribers ot receive scans of their unopened envelopes via email and decide which ones to open and scan the entire contents.
- You can ask to have the contents archived and send unopened letters to another address or have them shredded and recycled.
The Swiss Post Box service is available in some cities in Switzerland and Frankfurt. It intends to add service in France, Italy and Austria.
There are plans underway to expand the service in Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Hong Kong, India Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the United States.
According to Ron Weiner, of Earth Class Mail, "Security is extremely robust. There's a huge amount of infrastructure."
So, today you may be looking for your mailman to walk down your street to deliver you mail. With this new service he may vanish in plain sight. Get ready for reading your mail online!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-13-2009 @ 5:16PM
Donna said...
No- don't need another monthly bill and more spam- I can deal with opening my mail.
7-14-2009 @ 7:43AM
Willy said...
Incredibly useful if you're often away from home (travel writer, traveling business person, etc.). For people who work from home, it seems less useful.
I wonder if they recycle all the junk mail ...