Effective November 16, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 207.15.2, to clarify guidelines for a Periodicals mailing with a USPS Marketing Mail™ Ride-Along.
Although we will not publish this clarification in the DMM until November 16, 2017, this standard is effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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207 Periodicals
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15.0 Ride-Along Eligibility
15.1 General
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15.2 Basic Standards
[Revise the introductory text of 15.2 to read as follows.]
Only one Ride-Along piece may be attached to or enclosed with one copy of Periodicals mail. The Ride-Along price must be paid on each copy in the mailing, rather than each addressed piece. A Ride-Along piece must meet the content eligibility requirements for USPS Marketing Mail and must:
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing, 9-28-17
