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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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November 2, 2012

Retirement of FastForward™ Technology

This final rule Federal Register Notice was published today. We have revised mailing standards in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) to terminate the use of FastForward™ technology as a Move Update option for commercial First-Class Mail^®, First-Class Package Service™, Standard Mail^®, and Parcel Select Lightweight^®.

Mailers may begin to use the NCOALink^® MPE (mail processing equipment) licensed software system at any time to meet the Move Update standards.

See the entire notice at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-11-02/html/2012-26697.htm.

The effective date is January 27, 2013.