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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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June 1, 2012

IMb™ Services Update

Reminder: PostalOne!^® Release 31.0.0 Deployment — will require an extended maintenance window to complete all software updates. There will be a PostalOne!^® outage from 8 p.m. CDT, Saturday, June 9, 2012, through 9 a.m. CDT, Sunday, June 10, 2012. A mandatory Mail.dat^® client download will be available immediately following the software update.

PostalOne! Release 31.0 Deployment to Test Environment for Mailers (TEM) — will occur on Monday, June 11, 2012, and PostalOne! TEM will be unavailable from 4 a.m. through 4 p.m. CDT.

PostalOne! Release 31.0 Webinars — will be held on June 5, 6, and 7, 2012. The webinars will cover changes to PostalOne! and provide updates on various mailing incentives and mailing requirements. Complete webinar information, including log on and times, can be found on RIBBS under Intelligent Mail Latest News.

FAST^® Release 21.0 Deployment: The FAST^® production system will not be available on Sunday, June 10, 2012, from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. CDT. During this time, the FAST On-line application and FAST Web Services will not be available.

FAST Release 21.0 will deploy to TEM on Monday, June 11, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon CDT. During this time, the FAST On-Line application and FAST Web Services will not be available.