The drawback of this e-card is
that the recipient will receive an email
message in Japanese from "postman.ne.jp"
and then the recipient has to
click on the designated URL to see the card you sent. If you are sending
cards to Japanese people or someone who can read Japanese, it should
work just fine.
1. You need to register yourself first in order
to be able to send digital
greeting cards from this website (registration is free).
If you can
handle the registration form in Japanese, go to 2.
If you
need help filling the registration form in Japanese, copy the
following URL (high-light, right-click, copy):
http://www.postman.ne.jp/pm3/user/entry.php
Click here to go to
"Rikai" web page.
Once the "Rikai"
page appeared, paste the URL in the box (place the
pointer in the box, delete "http://", paste the URL by right-clicking
and clicking "paste"), then press "Go!" button. Don't
forget to delete
"http://" which is already in the box.
The
registration form should appear in the "Rikai" web page.
Place the pointer to the word you don't know. A pop-up box with
the
English meaning will appear. Fill in the form.
- For postal code, type in 000 0000
as you don't have a Japanese
postal code.
- For the address pull-down menu,
choose "海外(overseas)" at
the bottom.
- If you prefer to keep your personal
information private, simply make
up the requested
information except for your name, recipient's
name and the email
addresses.
- Make sure to write down the password
and keep it somewhere.
Then press the "送信(Send)" button at the bottom of the form.
You will
receive an email from "postman.ne.jp" shortly. Don't worry
if mojibake (a series of meaningless letters) happens to the
email.
2.
Click here to go to the New Year card list page. This time, "Rikai"
won't work, so, from here on, do it on your own.
3. Choose the card you
like and click on it.
4. A confirmation page
appears. If it's the card you chose, then press
the "先へ進む (next)" button.
The log-in page with the
card appears.
Type in your email address and password, then
press the "先へ進む
(next)" button.
5. Type in the names and the email addresses
of those to whom you
are sending the card in the boxes. For typing email addresses,
"copy and
paste" method is always recommended.
Choose the color
of the font you like (文字色) and type in the message
in the box either in Japanese or in English (メッセージ).
Choose the layout you like (レイアウト).
Choose the date you
would like the cards to be delivered from the
pull-down menu (お届け日指定).
Then press the "確認する(Confirm)" button at the bottom.
6. The confirmation page
appears. If everything is OK, press the
"これで送る(Send this)" button. If you would like to change
anything,
press the "作り直す(Re-do/Go back)" button.
7. If the "カード送信完了(Sending
the card completed)" page appears,
you are done.
If you would like to send more cards, press the "違うカードを送る
(Send
another card)" button. |