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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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July 3, 2013

IMb™ Services Update

PostalOne!^®Release 35.0.0 Deployment — scheduled for July 14, 2013, will require an extended maintenance window to complete all software updates. There will be a PostalOne!^®outage from 12 midnight through 9 a.m. CT, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Also, the FAST Release 25.0.0 on July 14 will require an outage from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CT and the Program Registration Release 8.0.0 on July 14 will require an outage from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT.

A mandatory Mail.dat^®client download will be available immediately following the software update. Release notes for PostalOne! Release 35.0 can be found on RIBBS by clicking on Major/Minor Release Schedule/ 2013 Releases in the left-hand navigation bar or by going directly to Full Service 2013 Releases.

The Business Customer Gateway/eAdmin Release 5.0 — will be deployed on Sunday, July 14 from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CT. This release will include additional enhancements to the BCG application. Release Notes for the Business Customer Gateway/eAdmin release will be provided prior to deployment.

PostalOne! Release 35.0 Deployment to Test Environment for Mailers (TEM) — will occur on Monday, July 15, 2013, and PostalOne! TEM will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT.