1. A method for providing a mailing system, including the steps of: receiving, through a computer system, a mail item from a sender; printing the mail item in a document including coded data thereon, the coded data including an indication of the identity of the mail item and at least one reference point on the document; receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from a sensing device, the indicating data including information regarding the identity of the mail item and at least one action of the sensing device in relation to the document generated by the sensing device; and generating a second mail item using said indicating data from the sensing device, wherein the sensing device comprises: (a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the document; and (b) a processor adapted to: (i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images; (ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data; (iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and (iv) generate the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data.