BFPO / Postal Services
E-BLUEY Users Guide
E-BLUEY VIA SUPERLETTER WEBSITE USER GUIDE/INFORMATION
You are now able to send a message to service personnel serving on military operations via the Internet using the Electronic-Bluey. This is an extremely rapid method of sending a message, cutting out the normal transmission by road, sea or air.
Your mail will be downloaded by the Forces Post Office in the theatre of operations the same day that it is sent and delivered to the recipient within 24hrs under normal circumstances. The Electronic Bluey service is now provided by Superletter.com Inc.
To use the service just follow these instructions:
First, if you are a new user you have to register with the service. To register, please Click on the "New Member" link on the horizontal task bar on the home page. When you click on that button you will be taken to the "New Member Log In" page where you will fill in the information necessary to create your E-Bluey account. You will only have to do this once because all your information will be stored securely on the web site. For future LogIn you may simply enter your Username and Password or by checking the "Remember Pasword" option you will automatically be logged injust by going to the E-bluey site.
Another new feature is the address book that will store details of the people that you want to send E-blueys to. Enter the recipient's name that you want to send an E-Bluey to, then their unit and correct BFPO number. BFPO numbers are like postcodes that are assigned to operations, the drop down list shows the numbers of all the operations where the E-Bluey service is provided. Make sure that you choose the right BFPO number, otherwise your letter may be sent to the wrong country. For security reasons the place and the number are never published in the same place on the Internet. Make sure that you complete all of the mandatory fields. If you don't the screen will highlight the areas you need to complete.
Hit the continue button and write your letter in the space provided. You can use up to 4 pages or 99 lines of type written text. You can also cut and paste text from MS Word and in the near future you will be able to download the E-Bluey Offline Composer Software so that you can compose your letter offline. This will help to reduce telephone charges for your Internet connection.
Type your message, then hit "Add To Shopping Cart" to send your message.
Your E-Bluey is then transmitted via the Internet, reaching the E-Bluey machine in the British Forces Post Office incredibly fast.
The message is subsequently printed off and put into an envelope by the E-Bluey machine at the Forces Post Office. It is a totally secure and confidential service. If for military reasons the E-Bluey cannot be downloaded in the operational theatre it is downloaded in the BRITISH FORCES POST OFFICE facility in London and sent onwards in the morning mail.
(YOUR CORRESPONDENCE IS NEVER DISPLAYED ON ANY MONITOR OR SEEN BY AN OPERATOR)
The Forces Post Office then forwards the envelope to the recipients unit.
Finally the envelope is then delivered to the recipient.
E-Bluey is only a two way service for friends and family and service personnel on operations to send letters to each other.
You can also use Superletter.com's commercial service to send e-mail to real mail letters to various destinations around the world, at a relatively small cost compared to the speed of delivery.
Already Member: https://www.superletter.com/bfpo/bfpo.cfm
New Member: http://www.superletter.com/bfpo/emailaccount.cfm
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