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18 POSTAL BULLETIN 22164 (9-29-05) b. Except under 6.4.2, carrier route bundles must contain at least 10 pieces. c. The method of labeling a carrier route bundle is based on the following sack levels: 1. Carrier route sack: No bundle labeling is required. 2. 5-digit scheme or 5-digit carrier routes sacks: Bundles must have a facing slip unless the pieces in the bundle have a carrier information line or an optional endorsement line (OEL). [M620.2.2] DMM REVISION Transition of FASTforward MLC to NCOA LINK Effective September 30, 2005, we are revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) 233.3.5.2 and 333.3.5.2 to reflect changes to FASTforward Mailing List Correction (MLC). In the February 3, 2005, Postal Bulletin, we changed the terminology from “National Change of Address” to “National Change of Address Linkage System,” and “NCOA” to “NCOALINK ”. This change was needed because NCOA was being retired and would be replaced by NCOALINK to provide a more secure format for sensitive change-ofaddress information. Effective September 30, 2005, NCOALINK will also replace FASTforward Mailing List Correction (MLC). FASTforward MLC was originally developed to allow end-users to update name and address mailing lists inhouse electronically instead of using an outside vendor. This version of FASTforward will be discontinued effective September 30, 2005, and replaced with Limited Service Provider or End User versions of NCOALINK . Unlike FASTforward MLC, which required customers to incorporate hardware additions, NCOALINK is software-based and can be loaded onto a user’s own system, making it more efficient and user-friendly. These changes were announced in a Federal Register notice published by the Postal Service on July 1, 2003 (FR Vol. 68, Number 126, Pages 39159–39161). We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer at pe.usps.com. [Delete 6.4.2 and renumber current 6.4.3 as new 6.4.2. Revise the text in new 6.4.2 for clarity to read as follows:] 6.4.2 Bundles and Sacks With Fewer Than the Minimum Number of Pieces Required As a general exception to 6.4.1, mailers may prepare a bundle with fewer than 10 pieces and a less-than-full sack with fewer than 125 pieces and less than 15 pounds of pieces to a carrier route when they are claiming the saturation rate for the contents and the applicable density standard is met. * * * * * — Mailing Standards, Pricing and Classification, 9-29-05 Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) * * * * * 200 Discount Mail Letters and Cards * * * * * 230 First-Class Mail 233 Rates and Eligibility * * * * * 3.0 Basic Standards for First-Class Mail Standards * * * * * 3.5 Move Update Standard * * * * * 3.5.2 USPS-Approved Methods [Delete item c, which authorizes FASTforward MLC as an approved method for meeting the Move Update standard. Renumber current items d through f as new items c through e.] * * * * * 300 Discount Flats * * * * * 330 First-Class Mail 333 Rates and Eligibility * * * * *
POSTAL BULLETIN 22164 (9-29-05) 3.0 Eligibility Standards for First-Class Mail Flats * * * * * 3.5 Move Update Standards * * * * * 3.5.2 USPS-Approved Methods [Delete item c, which authorizes FASTforward MLC as an approved method for meeting the Move Update standard. Renumber current items d through f as new items c through e.] * * * * * DMM REVISION — Mailing Standards, Pricing and Classification, 9-29-05 Revisions to Postage Payment by Postage Evidencing Systems Effective September 29, 2005, Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) 604 is revised to reorganize the standards for paying postage by means of postage meters and PC Postage products — collectively categorized as postage evidencing systems. We retained basic postal standards for authorization and use of postage meters and PC Postage products in DMM 604 but reorganized to remove redundancy, simplify regulatory language, and update requirements to reflect product and process evolutions. The following is a summary of the revisions: Combined DMM 604.4.0, Postage Meters (Postage Evidencing Systems), and DMM 604.5.0, PC Postage, and changed the title of DMM 604.4.0 to Postage Meters/PC Postage Products (Postage Evidencing Systems). Removed obsolete and redundant postage evidencing product “type” descriptions by generations and revised the section to reflect simplified product categories of postage meters, PC Postage products, and Web-based services employing PC Postage technology. Removed references to licensing of customers to use postage evidencing systems due to system, process, and product evolution. We revised the language to better explain that customers must agree to comply with rules and regulations associated with use of postage evidencing systems products and must enter into the agreement with the USPS in order to maintain the authorization to use postage evidencing systems. Simplified the language regarding customer compliance requirements to maintain authorization to use 19 postage evidencing systems and organized into a new section 4.2.1, Customer Agreement. Moved specifications regarding indicia design and data requirements (more relevant to system providers than customers) to Title 39 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 501, Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters, which reflects requirements of products and product providers. Indicia requirements within the purview of customer control are maintained within the DMM revision. Simplified language regarding refund procedures and eliminated redundant references to DMM section on refunds. The technical details associated with product specifications and requirements concerning the product/service providers are published in 39 CFR 501. We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer at http://pe.usps.com. Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) * * * * * 600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services * * * * * 604 Postage Payment Methods * * * * *
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