are used to recognize this information if the letter should be sent through the internet routine then the automatic recognition of the internal address means 44 is used to scan and recognize the destination address this address can be either the destination internet address or destination post address the sender 39 s e mail database 46 is used to improve automatic address recognition this procedure for improving automatic recognition of addresses is described in detail in fig4 in the scanning and storing means 48 the content of the letter is scanned and stored digitally means 48 also records some sender mail characteristics i e the handwriting manner of a written message a description of a paper on which a letter was written sender paper 39 s characteristic smell etc if the sender destination address is an internet address the e mail note 58 is received via internet routine from scanning and storing means 48 by a recipient 54 otherwise if the sender 39 s destination address is a post office address the e mail note from is scanning and storing means 48 routed is through to reproduction facilities 56 that are local to the recipient at the reproduction facilities 56 the e mail content is reproduced as mail using user characteristics that were recorded in scanning and storing means 48 in particular a handwriting synthezier device can reproduce a content of.