Postman to deliver emails

Lucknow

The Department of Post has started E-post in which emails posted by the public will be delivered to places where the Internet facility is still a distant dream. The service was tested in five states and has been launched nationwide. According to officials, E-post is a service under which printed or even handwritten messages of customers are scanned at the e-post centers and transmitted as email through the Internet.

At the destination centers, these messages are printed, enveloped and delivered through postmen like other letters at the postal addresses. For this purpose, E-post centers have been set up in 68 post offices, covering all the districts and major towns. These E-post centers are equipped with Internet connection, computers, printers and other necessary
equipment.

However, the E-post service is not limited to these centers. It can be availed from any post office irrespective of whether the customer stays in a metropolis or in a remote village. The messages booked at other post offices are sent to E-post centers for scanning and dispatch.

Besides availing e-post through post offices, it can also be accessed on any computer with an Internet access at the E-post portal,
www.indiapost.nic.in. 

A customer has to register as a user and can make payment through a prepaid card that is available at selected post offices and other outlets. At present, only text messages can be sent in this mode. The rate for the e-post service is Rs 10 per pages per addressee.

(CyberMedia News Service)