PostalOne! Release Notes

Effective immediately, Marketing Technology and Chan­nel Management (MTCM) announces Release 16.0.0 of PostalOne!®.

This release primarily involves changes for participants in the electronic Verification System (eVS) program. The Package Summary and the Weight Discrepancy Report received a number of changes to include additional infor­mation and to enhance usability. Customers involved with the eDropShip and Facility Access Shipment Tracking (FAST) program will notice changes in validation and messaging.

We have updated the PostalOne! Technical Guides to reflect the changes made in this release.

Preliminary Release Notes are also available for Release 16.1.0 of PostalOne! (scheduled for May 12, 2008). These notes describe the changes made to support the May 12 price change, effective for all postage statements through­out the PostalOne! system, which include statements sub­mitted by mailers and Business Mail Entry personnel, and files sent electronically by mailers, including Mail.dat, Wizard Web Service (WWS), eVS, Parcel Return Services (PRS), and the Manifest Mailing System (MMS) files.

Release Notes describing the contents and the areas affected by these releases are posted on the PostalOne! Web site and can be accessed at www.usps.com/postalone/releasenotes.htm.