New Email Service Offers Protection from U.S. Postal Service  

ROCHESTER, New York - November 24, 2009 - Epostmarks today introduced Postmarked Email, which combines the protection of the U.S. Postal Service® (Postal Service™) with Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail platform. Postmarked Email safeguards email messages using United States Postal Service Electronic Postmark® (USPS EPM®) technology; an auditable time-and-date stamping service that verifies the authenticity of electronically transmitted documents and files. The combination of CertifiedEmail and EPM® provides legally compliant email messaging, and is fully protected by the Postal Service, the most trusted U.S. government agency.  The business benefits also include cost savings, improved green score cards, and increased consumer trust in online communications.

Nearly 75 percent of all U.S. citizens are now online, making business-related email convenient for most people, especially for transactional messages such as bills, statements, and notifications. Until now, use of email messaging for private and business matters has largely been avoided due to inherent trust problems related to electronic transmission of private or sensitive messages. With the increasing amount of client communications required by federal laws regulating the financial services, telecommunications, and utilities industries, there exists a significant market need for a trusted electronic delivery method.

“Postmarked Email lets you send email with all the confidence of paper mail” said Jason Curtis, CEO of Epostmarks, Inc. “By combining the legal strength and enforcement of the U.S. Postal Service with Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail platform, a new benchmark for trust has been established in email.”

Postmarked Email appears with CertifiedEmail’s widely recognized Blue Ribbon icon in a user's email inbox, and allows protected email to display the widely recognized Postal Service™ eagle logo, enabling users to easily identify Postal Service™ protected email. Electronically tampering with USPS EPM® protected email carries a similar penalty to tampering with traditional mail. By extending legal protections and enforcement to email that are commonly found with traditional mail service, Postmarked Email sets the stage for a new era of greater trust in email messages.

We are very excited to work with Epostmarks who created such an innovative application of the Electronic Postmark with Goodmail Systems,” said Gregory S. Crabb, Inspector in Charge, Revenue Fraud and Cyber Intelligence, U.S. Postal Inspection Service. “With the federal authority and protection of the Postal Service, Postmarked Email will bring a new level of trust to electronic communications, ensuring a safer online experience for U.S. citizens.”

Email as a business and transactional tool has traditionally lacked trust in the public eye due to phishers and hackers executing highly publicized online fraud. Postmarked Email eliminates fraud by sending a cryptographically secure token that ensures the authenticity of a message. And, the protection of the Postal Service™ adds a greater level of trust enabling a safe, secure method for digital communications. 

“Consumer concerns around trust and privacy have slowed adoption of email as the primary way that businesses speak to their customers” said Peter Horan, CEO of Goodmail Systems. “But with EPM® technology, Postmarked Email solves these challenges, offering a comprehensive approach to security and trust that will allow businesses to reduce their cost of communications while also strengthening their relationship with their consumers.”

Postmarked Email is available everywhere Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail is available (via AOL, Comcast, MySpace, Cox, Verizon, Yahoo and others).