“Certified Mail” or “Recorded Mail”, in other languages known as “Courrier Recommandé”, “Einschreiben”, “Posta Raccomandata” or “Carta Certificada”, is provided by all postal services around the world to deliver items requiring a signature of the addressee. It’s common practice to send important documents, contracts and sensitive documents as certified mail to have a track record and proof of what exactly was mailed to someone. The procedure is standardized and with only a few exceptions involves following steps: The procedure is standardized and with only a few exceptions involves following steps: – The postal service provides a form with a bar code sticker – The sticker is placed on the envelope – The address is manually copied on the form – The address is (optionally) manually copied a second time on a receipt which will be returned to the sender after delivery (proof of delivery option) – The postal service provides an on-line service to track the delivery If you only send 1 or 2 mail items a day, this procedure of manually copying addresses on forms is just fine but sending dozens of registered mail items every day, quickly becomes a cumbersome error prone process. For offices sending a lot of registered mail, this solution is ideal. Visit www.belgapost.com or www.capturebites.com for more information.