How to Submit Mail.dat Jobs to PostalOne!®

This document is a comprehensive guide that outlines steps for exchanging electronic data with the PostalOne!® system using the Mail.dat file format.

MTEOR Order Manual

The Mail Transport Equipment Ordering System (MTEOR) is a fast, reliable, and convenient place to order mail transport equipment (MTE) online. This manual instructs you on a MTESC orders and requests from a plant.

MTEOR Mailer Request Manual

MTEOR (Mail Transport Equipment Ordering system) for Local Mailers allows select Mailers to manage MTE requests from a Postal plant online through MTEOR. This document outlines the benefits fo this online application including easily requesting MTE online, real-time insight into the status of requests, and around the clock access.

Express Mail Corporate Account (EMCA) Migration to National Customer Management System (NCMS)

The USPS Centralized Accounting Processing System (CAPS) is one of the USPS payment processing systems customers can use to fund their Express Mail Corporate Account (EMCA). The CAPS system will retire in the summer of 2021. Current Priority Mail Express (PME) customers who are using CAPS to fund their EMCA need to start using the USPS National Customer Management System (NCMS) to fund their EMCA. Customers can use Credit Card or Automated Clearing House (ACH)-debit/credit for establishing payment method in NCMS. This document provides the steps EMCA customers need to complete in-order to use the NCMS to fund their EMCA and to delink the their EMCA from CAPS.

Seamless Incentive Report

This guide displays the details of the Seamless Incentive report in PostalOne!. Additional reporting is available in the Enterprise Payment System. 

What is New?

Seamless Acceptance Incentive Enrollment Instructions

The Seamless incentive provides an incentive to the Electronic Documentation (eDoc) submitters (with a qualified Seamless CRID and an Enterprise Payment System Account) for adoption of the Seamless Acceptance program.

The incentive is based on the eDoc submitter’s Customer Registration ID (CRID).  A Seamless Mailer is defined by their CRID’s status in PostalOne! as “Seamless Acceptance.” Note: Seamless Parallel does not qualify for the discount.

The incentive allows Electronic Documentation (eDoc) submitters to receive a Seamless Acceptance incentive of $.001 for the pieces that qualify for Full-Service prices in the mailing, provided the eDoc submitter has an Enterprise Payment account that is used for the incentive. 

How to Enroll in the Promotions

This is a document that explains how to enroll in all of the promotions

Enrollment Process

Enrollment Process

Quick Guide to Electronic Verification System (eVS®)

This document provides short, digestible information on Electronic Verification System (eVS).

Full-Service Certification Standards

This document includes information on Full-Service Standard and Platinum certification programs for mail service providers.

USPS Picture Permit® (PPI) Product Requirements

A guide to the PPi program that includes the following: background and product description, product parameters, registration and application requirements, mailing submission requirements, permit imprint requirements, picture permit design requirements, technical information, and program office contact information. 

DSF2® Licensee Performance Requirements

To achieve DSF² certification, the Licensee must comply with all requirements and specifications contained within the License Agreement, the most current version of this document, and the most current version of the Interface Developers Guide unless explicitly allowed, prohibited, or modified by USPS in writing.

DPV® Product Licensee Performance Requirements

This document provides product licensee performance requirements for DPV^®.

Address Information System (AIS) Viewer User Guide

User guide for Address Information System (AIS) Viewer, an application that provides the ability to retrieve, view, and print reports on demand at a 5-digit ZIP code level. Includes product overview, new customer setup, and reporting functions.

Academic Outreach PCC Handbook Flipbook

USPS Returns User Guide

Academic Outreach PCC Handbook

Academic Outreach Syllabus

An outline of how the provided content was taught over a semester (14 weeks) class.

How to Create an EDDM Bulk Mailing

NCOALink® Software Interface Distributor Performance Requirements

The purpose of these performance requirements is to establish standard criteria of performance that USPS® requires NCOALink Software Interface Distribution Licensees to comply with.

BCG and Registering for Promotions/Incentive Programs

Incentive Enrollment User Guide

This user guide is to walk the customer through the enrollment process for incentive services in the pre-production environment. For the version of this guide specific to MSPs, please go to: https://postalpro.usps.com/promotions/msp_user_guide

Incentive Programs Service Guide for MSPs

Contains recommended registration and enrollment methods. For the general version of this guide please go to: https://postalpro.usps.com/promotions/user_guide

New WORK GROUP Issue Statement Template

Workshop: Addressing the Issue, Information Gaps

Learn the key questions needed to be answered in order to create a marketing strategy.

Workshop: Addressing the Issue, Information Gaps

PowerPoint provided by Bentley University that ask key questions needed to be answered to create a marketing strategy.

Lesson Plan

Teaching instructions divided into 5 modules. Includes resources, assignments, and learning objectives.

NDA Sample Template

Team Agreement

Team Formation Guidelines

Mailers' Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) Work Group Guidelines (8-22-18)

This document contains updated MTAC Work Group guidelines.

MTAC UG, WG, TT Matrix

This document contains User Group, Work Group and Task Team Number, Titles and  Mission Statements.

Electronic Address Sequencing (EAS) User Guide

Electronic Address Sequencing (EAS) Service provides an electronic option for processing address files for sequencing and/or qualification for Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS). This guide familiarizes potential customers with address sequencing services (DMM® 507.9) and includes qualification procedures, file format requirements, transmission procedures, and file fee calculations/payment methods.

USPS Acronyms and Abbreviations

This page is currently being updated. Please check back soon and thank you for your patience.

LACSLink® User Technical Reference

This document provides a technical guide for LACS^Link®.

Trademarks

Registration and Trademarks of USPS.

NCOALink® Software Interface Distributor Certification Procedures

This document provides information on NCOALink® Software Interface Distribution Certification procedures.

Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) Interface Distribution Licensee Performance Requirements

The purpose of these performance requirements is to establish standard criteria of performance that USPS requires NCOALink Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) Software Interface Distribution Licensees to comply with.

USPS Printer Directory

Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) Conversion Software User Guide (Linux-Unix-Sun32)

This document contains the Linux/ Unix conversion software user guide for the CDS product.

Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) Conversion Software User Guide (Windows)

This document contains the Windows software conversion user guide for CDS.

Guide to Postage Assessment

For postage assessment information please see the attached guide to Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats.

ACS™ Product Information Guide: Publication 8

A complete overview of Address Change Services: eligibility, benefits, implementation, and technical specifications.

Sample Board Meeting Minutes

Sample of PCC Board Meeting Minutes Document.

Guide to Post Office Box Street Addresses (PBSA)

This document provides information on how to determine if a StreetStyle address actually represents a Post Office Box address, designated as a P.O. Box™ Street Address (PBSA).

Program Registration Online Enrollment User Guide

This document is intended for new users of the Online Enrollment Program Registration application. New users can use this document as a guide to understand the requirements for each external page and how the pages interact throughout the enrollment process. 

Personalized Color Transpromo Samples

This document shows samples of acceptable and unacceptable color statemenst for 2017 Personalized Color Transpromo 

BCG Account Management Postage Assessment Key Roles Sign-up, Review, Update

This document details the steps for VAE update/sign-up, registering new users to enable VAE access, and registering a new mail owner user.