Any SG services like Earth Class Mail and Swiss Post Box?

[Wille Faler]

Realise this is strictly not a hacker question, but in the vein of digitising life, are there any services in Singapore similar to Swiss Post Box or Earth Class Mail that allow residents and non-residents to have a postal address in Singapore, where all your regular paper mail gets digitised into a web based mailbox?

If there isn't: hint, hint, I'd gladly pay for it. :)

Regards

Wille

[David Chua]

Hi,

I think most virtual office services provide a package where they will give you a mailable address (at a very premier location) and they will inform you when a mail gets in. 

I'm not sure if they provide scanning of mails but I think it shouldn't be a problem if you asked (and paid).

I hope this helps.

David

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[Jason Ong]

I think Juanita is building such a service?

Cheers,
Jason

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[Juanita]

yes I am whee! Nubis and I are putting something together since I
already scan mail for my clients who use my office as their registered
office address.

Will post more details soon!

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[Wille Faler]

Yes, please do keep us posted! The Earth Class Mail platform and how it works (which Swiss Post have licensed) is brilliant, only downside is it's only available in central Europe and the US.

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[ntt]

Yup. Sounds like a great idea, I'd pay for such a service also.. 

[Mingming Wang]

ya, it's like replacing the mail to email gradually. Even people locating in SG can use this service if they don't want to collect their mail or some other reasons. Mail box should be only used when buying physical goods online. Most of the paper mail can be replaced by email (some are in spam folder) actually.

One barrier maybe the always "outdated" law system.

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[Alvin Jiang]

Reducing paper mail in favour of electronic statements is great, but
let's not go too far in suggesting all paper mail is outdated...

There are many things I'd prefer to receive on paper (some preferably
handwritten.) And if you've never received a perfumed letter, I can
assure you that it's a lossy process.

I also very much like receiving cheques in the mail. Yes I like it too
when they get deposited straight into my bank account, but there's
nothing like receiving a cheque in the mail and not having to dig
through keys and passwords just to check that you've been paid.

And what about those crappy e-cards we used to receive in 2000? Glad
they're gone and people are still sending me real cards and real
invitations printed on high quality card with beautiful fonts.

I also welcome anything that anyone wishes to write personally to arrive
via snail mail. This includes official and business correspondence as
well as personal letters. So long as it's not a template.

What I'd really like to see disappear is the FAX MACHINE. The only
reason to fax something across would be if my high-frequency POTS
bandwidth was saturated with DSL traffic to the point where I couldn't
even send an email.

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[Juanita]

On Apr 9, 5:23 pm, Mingming Wang <mingofd...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> One barrier maybe the always "outdated" law system.

There are actually provisions by IRAS to recognise electronic
documents in lieu of paper ones. The provisions allow your electronic
copies to be acceptable for audit which is a big step forward.

The requirements are clear in terms of expectations but vague on
execution of what to represent in compulsory audit logs of each
individual document, audit logs of who accesses/modifies what and
standards acceptable for modification of documents.

I understand IDA has also approved software such as echosign for
electronic verified signature of legal documents.

[Wille Faler]

I have not used or received a cheque once in the last 5 years, with the exception of a minuscule refund from the UK taxman which was so small I did not cash it (cost of going to the right bank vs. cost of taking the bus).

There are also many good reasons to have a fixed "physical"-digital address:

- If you travel a lot, either personally or in your profession, you may see hotels more than your physical home address.

- Privacy: yes, you may be legally obliged to notify certain authorities of your real habitual abode, but even for a "regular Joe", there are many good reasons to keep your and your businesses actual home secret considering how many "crazies" there in the world, especially on the internet.

- If you happen to move around even a modest amount, keeping everyone up-to-date about your address is a hassle (I went through 7 different home addresses in three different countries between 2003-2008, it was a _massive_ hassle).

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