Methods and systems for integrating physical mail with electronic mail

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and system for integrating physical mail and electronic mail, such that it enables delivery of documents in electronic as well as physical form. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a sender. In another embodiment, the present invention comprises a system for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a user comprising a server coupled to the network for receiving said email from at least one computing device wherein the computing device is associated with the user and coupled to a network and wherein the computing device operates an email program for creating an email message such that a physical mailing address of the recipient is capable of being embedded in a header of said email message and a parser located at the server that parses said email message header to retrieve the physical mailing address of the recipient.

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