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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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June 4, 2013

June 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. Yesterday we updated our mailing standards to include the following changes:

Clarification of Eligibility Standards for Merchandise Return Service

We revised 505.3.2.1 to remove a discrepancy regarding the mail products eligible for Merchandise Return Service (MRS). We published this information in the May 16, 2013, Postal Bulletin.

Express Mail and Priority Mail Open and Distribute eVS Tags and Labels

We revised 705.18.0 to include new tags and labels for Express Mail Open and Distribute^™ and Priority Mail Open and Distribute^™ mailings prepared under an authorized Electronic Verification System (eVS^®) manifest mailing system. We published this information in the May 16, 2013, Postal Bulletin.

Our next scheduled DMM update is July 28, 2013.