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RPost: Problems Solved. RPost ® Registered E-mail ® Used Daily by Leading US & International Law, Insurance & Government Organizations for Legal Proof ® of E-mail: verifiable record of e-mail content, delivery and official time stamp. By Zafar Khan CEO, RPost www.rpost.com.
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RPost: Problems Solved RPost® Registered E-mail® Used Daily by Leading US & International Law, Insurance & Government Organizations for Legal Proof® of E-mail: verifiable record of e-mail content, delivery and official time stamp. By Zafar Khan CEO, RPost www.rpost.com
RPost® at a Glance First Enterprise Customer: 2003
Simplified workflowIncreased Administrative efficiencyElimination of Postage CostIncreased performance / faster collectionsImproved customer interaction RPost Benefits in Gov. Collections
Simple to Use: On by Server Policy Send “Registered E-mail” messages by simply typing (R) in the beginning of the subject or by creating other server-side policies.
Recipient Needs Nothing Special READY TO PROOF [SP]
COURT ADMISSIBLE RECORDS Take-Away
Court-Admissible Evidentiary Record Sender’s Computer Online Proof Archive or DM system A. Transaction meta-data B. Interpretation of transaction data C. Self contained – RPost stores no data D. Authentication process
Registered Receipt Breakdown RPost records the delivery audit trail or transaction metadata, which is a statement of fact about the e-mail transmission Registered Receipt
Registered Receipt Breakdown RPost created a library of algorithms that translates the server-level dialogues so the sender knows the delivery status without having to contact the Help Desk or IT department. • Registered E-mail® Traditional Mail Carrier • Opened = Recipient signature • Mailbox = Assistant signature, put on desk • Mail Server = Mail Room attendant signature • Failure = No one signs for it Legally Delivered Registered Receipt
LEGAL PROOF® Take-Away Full legal opinions available upon request to info@rpost.com • Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP – 29 pages • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP – 8 pages • European opinion by author of British Standards Institute code of practice on E-mail Evidence & Admissibility.
In Summary: LEGAL PROOF® is… RPost provides Legal Proof® core service. What is “Legal Proof”? • Verifiable record of delivery of e-mail as defined by the law • Verifiable record of content (message body/attachments) delivered • Verifiable record of uniform time sent and received • …verifiable in a manner that constitutes “proof” • Self-authenticating • Withstanding challenges around admission into evidence • Capable of reconstructing an authentic electronic original
Self-Authenticating Record in Case Challenged Self-authentication overcomes attempt to “disprove” or deny by recipient. Simple…compared to system-wide integrity analyses. In case of a dispute, Registered E-mail® receipts can regenerate transmission data, delivery status as well as re-present the original e-mail WITHOUT storing the original on its network. As required in the Lorraine v Markel case
Send Registered & AutoFile™ Registered Receipt™ proof records are auto-filed by default to (a) the local desktop “(R)eceipts” folder; with optional duplicate routing to (b) the corporate archive or (c) RPost’s online Proof Archive™. LOCAL ONLINE CORPORATE
CONFIDENCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW TO REDUCE COST BY CONVERTING MORE TO ELECTRONIC Take-Away
Comparison: Registered E-mail® vs. FedEx® Cost Savings Compared to Traditional Mail RPost’s proof of delivery is functionally equivalent to certified mail, registered mail, and courier return-receipt products. RPost goes farther by also proving CONTENT sent and received.
Cost Savings for Entire Company READY TO PROOF [FC] One-click proof of notice by e-mail -- functionally equivalent to certified/registered mail (legal opinion available) • Cost reduction • Risk reduction • Time savings • Speed in transactions • Reduced storage Avg. Cost of Sending 100 Documents * For volumes of 25,000 per month or more EDITED SLIDE
ONE-CLICK E-SIGNOFF OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND WAIVERSENTIRELY BY E-MAIL (NO LINKS TO WEBPAGES) Take-Away
Digital Signature: Cryptographic tools used to ensure or verify the integrity of a document or e-mail. (UETA)Electronic Signature: an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a record, and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. (ESIGN)RPost’s eSignOff™: combines both digital and electronic signature techniques to provide a signed contract with the legal and functional equivalence of a “wet-ink” signature. Digital vs. Electronic Signature
SENDING for eSignOff™ Feature Pop-up with agreement text
RECEIVING Contract for Signature Original Contract Original E-mail Instructions Typed by Sender Standard Signing Instructions Signing Action 1
E-SIGNING Signing Action 2 Automatically inserted pre-set agreement text - Signed with Effective Electronic Signature of Recipient - Legal definition of “Electronic signature”: a. an electronic sound, symbol, or process, b. attached to or logically associated with a record, and c. executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
Process Flow Chart One-click sign-off of agreements by e-mail - Legally equivalent to “wet-ink” signature eSignOff Recipient Internet Sender 1. Compose 2. Read & Sign 3. Signed Copy 3. Signed Copy Signing, stamping and sealing the original e-mail and attachment(s) Sender’s Inbox & Company Archive Receive a Registered Receipt e-mail containing the verifiable record of the original e-mail and signed reply (proof of delivery, content and time) PDF contract attached has Digital Seal® integrity and time verification
RECORD of Legal Agreement Signed Contract (details next page) eSignOff E-mail Integrity Proof by Digital Signature of Record Processor (RPost) “Digital signature” means a type of electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic message using an asymmetric crypto system such that a person having the initial message and the signer’s public key can accurately determine whether: (A) The transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; (B) The initial message has not been altered since the transformation was made.
RECORD as a Verifiable PDF Signed Contract:Recipient’s E-signature
RECORD as a Verifiable PDF Original E-mail Body & Sender’s Instructions
RECORD of Original Contract Digitally Signed with a SHA1 RSA Certificate Signed Contract: Page 1