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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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August 13, 2010

IMb™ Services Update

PostalOne!® Release 24.1.2 will deploy as a maintenance release on Sunday, August 15, 2010, during the scheduled PostalOne! 4 a.m. – 8 a.m. (CDT) maintenance window. The release will address issues with Mail.dat postage statements and qualification reports for all container types and correct unit weights, surcharge application to Standard Mail parcel mailing, and single-piece files with multiple segments. Changes also were made to improve performance within the system.

The Seamless Acceptance and Service Performance (SASP) Release 3.1.06 will deploy on August 22, 2010, to address several issues with eDoc Mail Data Quality reports.

The release notes for PostalOne! Release 24.1.2 and SASP Release 3.1.06 are posted on RIBBS® under Release Notes.

PostalOne! Server Patching: The PostalOne! production and TEM database servers will have a database software patch applied during the scheduled 4 a.m. – 8 a.m. (CDT) maintenance window on Sunday, August 22, 2010. The PostalOne! system (including FAST OPS web services) will be unavailable for internal and external users during this period.