The Hindu : E-mail from the hereafter

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Tuesday, Nov 25, 2003

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E-mail from the hereafter

New York Nov. 24. Die-hard e-mail users take note: You can click ``send'' from the hereafter. Mylastemail.com, a British company, has introduced a service to hold a writer's farewell e-mail messages for three years, to be delivered after the writer's death. The service costs $10, and if the three-year period expires before the subscriber does, the customer can renew.

The site saves customers and their families from having to make premature farewells, said Karen Peach, a company founder. "It is not always appropriate to leave the house every day and make some long speech to your husband or children about how you might not return," said Ms. Peachs. "We thought it would be good to have a log to put your thoughts down where there's no danger of people coming across it."

Subscribers can store and update up to five megabytes of e-mail, video clips or photos, then print instructions. When the company receives a death notification, it sends e-mail messages to designated survivors. To ensure privacy, the company says it uses an encryption system to bar employees from reading the mail.

The service is not the first of its type, but it is less expensive than LastWishes.com, which not only transmits post-mortem e-mail messages but also lets the user communicate about details like burial arrangements and financial disbursements. — New York Times News Service

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