Patent ID: 8635298

Claim:
A method for replying to terrestrial mail over a computer network, the method comprising the steps: receiving a printed version of an original document via physical delivery addressed to a recipient, the original document includes original content and a document identifier, the original content provided by a sender and the document identifier generated by a remote server and affixed to the printed version of the original document; connecting to a remote site via a recipient terminal coupled to the computer network, the remote site residing on the remote server coupled to the computer network; entering the document identifier associated with the original document via the recipient terminal as recipient login for the remote site; and accessing an electronic copy of the original document stored on the remote server using the document identifier, wherein the electronic copy of the original document includes the original content, in entirety, of the original document; wherein the document identifier is generated based on converting an identification code associated with the original document and the recipient's identity into a symbology; wherein the identification code comprises an alphanumeric string and is used as recipient password for the remote site.