Full-Service mailings require mailers to populate their eDoc with specific information about each container, handling unit, and mailpiece. When the eDoc is submitted to PostalOne!, Full-Service validations are performed. These validations are detailed in the Mail.dat and Mail.XML Technical Specifications: https://postalpro.usps.com/mailing/techspecs. Electronic documentation must be correctly completed for eDoc acceptance and postage statement generation for a Full-Service or mixed-service mailing.
Mailers are given the Full-Service discount at the time of mailing. After the electronic postage statement is finalized in PostalOne!, verifications are performed on the eDoc to ensure Full-Service requirements are met. Verification errors are logged against pieces that do not meet the Full-Service requirements. The requirements are included in verification errors are logged against pieces that do not meet the Full-Service requirements and reported under the Electronic Verification as well as the Seamless/ Automated Verification tab of the Mailer Scorecard. The requirements for Full-Service are included in DMM 705.23 https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/705.htm#ep1402993"DMM 705.23.
Full-Service errors are identified as being postage-assessment eligible when the total pieces in error for a specific metric have exceeded an established error threshold. Only pieces over an error threshold are eligible for assessment and the assessment is equal to the Full-Service discount claimed on the piece eligible for assessment. Mailpieces may only lose the Full-Service discount once even if they are eligible for assessment in multiple error types.
When a container or handling unit exceeds an error threshold, all Full-Service mailpieces in the container or handling unit are eligible for assessment. For logical containers and handling units, all Full-Service pieces associated to the logical container or handling unit are eligible for assessment if one physical container or handling unit in the logical container or handling unit exceeds the error threshold. More information on logical containers can be found in the Mail.dat and Mail.XML Technical Specifications: https://postalpro.usps.com/mailing/techspecs.
