Publication 91 - Confirmation Services Technical Guide

Confirmation Services Technical Guide
Sending Electronic Files
From your Internet browser open the page www.usps.gov/cttgate/
upload.htm.
Click the “Browse” button to select the file you want to upload. This will bring
up your local directories and files. After you select the appropriate file, the full
path and filename will be listed in the fill-in box on the Web page. You may
also type a file name directly in the “File To Upload” box using the full path
and file name.
Click the “Upload File” button to begin the transfer. After the file transfer is
complete, a screen will confirm that your file was received, giving the size of
the file. If an error message is displayed, you should print it for future
reference. Problems uploading files using the Internet can often be resolved
by repeating the procedure after waiting a few minutes. If this does not work,
report the problem to the Postal Service Communications Support toll-free at
877-264-9693, option 2.
If the Postal Service Manifest Upload Web page does not display a “Browse”
button, your Internet browser does not support this upload protocol. You can
retrieve reports using that version of the browser; but in order to upload files,
the browser will have to be updated, or a different browser installed. The FTP
protocol also can be used to access reports.
Retrieving Electronic Reports
Most browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, Netscape
Communicator 4.x, etc., that support the FTP protocol are capable of
retrieving extract files and error/warning reports. To retrieve these reports
using the Internet, enter the following URL using all lower case letters and
replacing the and fields with the and
fields provided to you by the Postal Service.
ftp://user:password@ftp-out.usps.gov/
A Web page will show your home directory.
Click on “incoming” to access the proper directory.
Click on the report(s) in the displayed list that you want to download.
Depending on which Internet browser you are using, you may arrive at an
FTP root directory instead of your home directory. If this occurs, select the
red directory and then select the directory that contains your .
You also may access the correct directory by entering the extended URL:
ftp://user:password@ftp-out.usps.gov/red/user/incoming
If your browser automatically displays files instead of downloading:
Take the actions specified by your browser to download.
Right clicking in the Windows browser can usually access this.
Internet FTP
The following instructions are intended as general guidelines and do not
describe a particular FTP application.
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