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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 15, 2013

IMb™ Services Update

PostalOne!^® Release 36.1.0 — will be deployed during the scheduled maintenance window of 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CT on Sunday, November 17. Infrastructure and database changes will result in a 4-hour outage from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CT. During this outage, PostalOne!^®will be unavailable, including Mail.XML^®, FAST^® Web Services, and eDOC Services.

Full- Service Intelligent Mail Open Line Call — Effective January 26, 2014, the use of Full-Service Intelligent Mail is required to qualify for automation prices for First-Class Mail^®postcards, letters, and flats, Standard Mail^®letters and flats, Periodicalsletters and flats and Bound Printed Matter flats.

A Full-Service Intelligent Mail "Open Line" is scheduled for every Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. USPS^® representatives will be online to answer any questions related to Full-Service Intelligent Mail. To join the call, click on the link no more than 15 minutes before the start of the call.

Title: Open Line Call

Date: Every Wednesday

Time: 2 p.m. ET

Log on by clicking: http://meetingplace4.usps.gov/join.asp?0602495

Audio: (866) 966-6305 ID: 0602495