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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, 2015

November DMM Update

Postal Explorer^® (pe.usps.com) is your source for up-to-date mailing standards. The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) is fully searchable on Postal Explorer and features fly-out menus, cross-reference links, and an extensive subject index. Today we updated our mailing standards to include the following changes:

Postage Evidencing Systems - Revised Procedures for Collection of Postage Discrepancies

We revised 604.4.0 to modify procedures for the collection of postage discrepancies for customers using Postage Evidencing Systems. We published this information in the July 23, 2015, Postal Bulletin.

Clarification of Scans as Evidence of Mailing and the Placement of Collect on Delivery (COD) Forms

We revised 503.1.0 and 609.3.0 to clarify that USPS^® physical scans can be treated by the Postal Service as evidence of mailing when postage and extra service fees are paid online for purposes of indemnity claim review. We published this information in the August 6, 2015, Postal Bulletin.

Premium Forwarding Service Commercial

We revised 507.3.0 to update the standards for Premium Forwarding Service Commercial^® (PFS-Commercial^®) service. We published this information in the August 20, 2015, Postal Bulletin.

Business Reply Mail (BRM)

We revised 505.1.0 to clarify that letters (cards), flats, and parcels are eligible to be returned under basic BRM and high-volume BRM. We published this information in the September 14, 2015, Postal Bulletin.

Our next scheduled DMM update is January 17, 2016.