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June 2, 2015

PostalOne!^® Release 41.0.4.1 and 41.0.5

Attention PostalOne!^® Users – An unplanned PostalOne! Release 41.0.4.1 will be deployed today (at 2 pm Central) to resolve a system performance issue with electronic data submission. This release will not require an outage and the application will remain online during the deployment. An optional Mail.dat^® client download will be available. This client will not auto-update, but is recommended to resolve slow performance seen in Mail.dat update submissions.

Additionally, scheduled patch Release 41.0.5 is planned for Thursday, June 4, 2015, at 5 pm Central. This release will not require an outage and the application will remain online during the deployment. A mandatory Mail.dat client download will be required after the release.

Mail.dat and Mail.XML™ Supported Versions – As a reminder, the following electronic documentation (eDoc) file versions are supported for new file submissions with a postage statement mailing date on or after May 31, 2015:

Mail.dat 14-2 (14.2.1.6 errata)
Mail.dat 15-1
Mail.XML 16.0
Mail.XML 17.0

Effective June 2, 2015, Mail.dat version 14-1 is no longer supported. Mailers submitting 14-1 Mail.dat data will receive error messaging and will need to update their version.

Release notes for PostalOne! Release 41.0.3.0 and 41.0.4.0 can be found on https://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_schedule2015/releaseoverview2015.cfm .