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News for Mailing Professionals

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We recently updated three technical guides and added a new guide for customers who are implementing the Intelligent Mail full-service solution for their businesses. The guides indicate what functions will be supported in Intelligent Mail Release 1 on May 11 and support Mail.dat version 09.1. We encourage customers to use these guides at ribbs.usps.gov/files/fullserviceguides/ as they prepare for the transition.

PostalOne! Mail.Dat Technical Guide for Full Service 3.0 (New)

Mail.dat is an industry-defined database structure. Learn how to use Mail.dat to submit electronic information for full-service mailings.

Guide to Intelligent Mail for Letters and Flats (Updated)

Answers technical questions on the full-service option. Find out what changes are required to electronic documentation, how to populate electronic documentation files, and how to create or update electronic appointments.

PostalOne! Technical Guide for Mail.XML (Updated)

Mail.XML supports two-way communication in near real time. Customers can provide eDoc data, including qualification reports and postage statements; create FAST appointments; and receive start-the-clock, container scan, and address correction information.

A Guide to Customer/Supplier Agreements (Updated)

Customer/Supplier Agreements define mail preparation and entry for mailers and the postal plants where their mail is entered.

Mark your calendar today! NPF 2009 • May 17-20 • Washington, DC • Visit npf.org for more information.

U.S. Postal Service
Holidays by the Numbers

232	Number of years the U.S. Postal Service has been delivering holiday cheer.
19 billion	Number of cards, letters and packages to be delivered between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
3.4 billion	Number of letters mailed over the holidays.
82 million	Average daily number of First- Class Mail cards and letters mailed.
960 million	Number of pieces of mail processed on Dec. 15, the busiest mailing day of the year.
700 million	Average number of pieces of mail processed daily.
826 million	Average number of pieces of mail processed daily during the holidays.
20 million	In pounds, the amount of mail the Postal Service will process for overseas military installations, including war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.
7,400	Number of Post Offices with expanded hours.
214,500	Number of vehicles used to transport holiday mail, including 188,336 half-ton trucks.
2.17 billion	Number of holiday stamps the Postal Service printed this year.
130 million	Number of customers who visit the Post Office during the holidays.