This article is about "letter", a written message from one party to another. For other uses, see Letter (disambiguation).
A letter is a writtenmessage from one party to another. Letters are usually intended to be received by someone far away. Before widespread availability of typewriters and computers, letters were always written by hand. Nowadays, that is still done, mainly for informal letters. The term letter is sometimes used for e-mail messages with a formal letter-like format.
Letters may be delievered by a postal service after a payment is made, e.g., a stamp has been bought and pasted on the envelope containing the letter.
This reference letter is provided at the written request of [name of student], who has asked me to
Please be advised that the information contained in this letter is confidential and should be treated as such.
The information should not be disclosed to [name of student, if student has waived access] or anyone in your organization who would not be involved in the hiring decision regarding this individual.