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The Postal Service is reminding customers that metallic mercury and devices containing metallic mercury are always prohibited in the mail stream. This includes antique items such as thermometers, barometers, blood pressure monitors and similar devices.

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May 7, 2010

Intelligent Mail Services Update

PostalOne!^® Release 24.1.0 will deploy on May 23, 2010. This release will address anomalies listed on the PostalOne! Issues List available on RIBBS^®>Intelligent Mail>Services>Latest News, under "Important Links." This release will revise the spoilage functionality for electronic documentation (eDoc) users and improve the Full-Service Data Quality and Verification Reports. Details on this release are available in the Release Notes on RIBBS>Intelligent Mail Services>Latest News.

Mail.dat^® Client Application: As a reminder, the above release requires that mailers download the Mail.dat client application. The latest Mail.dat application is available for download from the Electronic Data Exchange page, accessible from the Business Customer Gateway.

FAST^® Release 14.2.0 will deploy on May 23, 2010. FAST on-line drop ship customers will now be able to manage the logistics and content information for a recurring appointment shell. On-line drop ship and Origin Entry users will be able to create Origin Entry one-time appointments. For customers utilizing FAST Web Services, there are updates to delivery appointment, delivery content, and query messages for Mail.XML™ 8.0B and 6.0. Details are available in the FAST Release Notes on RIBBS>Site Index A-Z>FAST/Surface Visibility>Important Links.

Assistance: If you have any questions or problems accessing the Business Customer Gateway, your accounts, or submitting electronic documentation, please call the PostalOne! Help Desk at:1-800-522-9085. The PostalOne! Help Desk is accessible from Canada at no charge.