SEND LETTERS
ELECTRONICALLY
With the introduction of the ePost (e-mail Home Delivery Application)
Service by the Department of Posts, it is possible to send your
letters electronically even if the receiver does not have access
to Internet/email. ePost is a unique service under which printed
or even handwritten messages of customers are scanned and transmitted
as email through the Internet. At the destination offices, these
messages are printed, enveloped and delivered through postmen,
like other letters, at the postal addresses.
ePost, which is a paid service at present, enables people to
send and receive messages or scanned images through email in
all 1,56,000 Post Offices in the country. For the first time
in the country, people who do not normally have access to the
Internet are able to send and receive email messages without
possessing an email-ID, thereby bridging the digital divide
in the arena of public communication systems. The advent of
ePost is a turning point in the transformation of the Department
of Posts into a modern, technology-driven provider of communication
services to the people of India. |
