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Mail.dat is necessary to submit presort paperwork to the USPS electronically and will be mandatory in order to be considered a Full Service Intelligent Mail Barcode participant.

Mail.dat is a data formatting standard for communicating information about a specific mailing, including data at the segment, pallet, sack or tray, and package levels. It can be used for logistics planning, mail assembly, production and postal payment acceptance.

Send and receive statistical information about mailings without translating the proprietary formatting specifications of various software vendors.

ASCII fixed-format ("flat") files, a perfect medium for communicating complete information describing a complex mailing which can easily be imported into any relational database management system or used as-is by in-house software.


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Why Hold Off on IMB Implementation?

Ten Reasons Why Mailers Should Delay Implementing the Full Service Intelligent Mail Barcode
* from The Bennett Group

1. Not so much ROI benefit. The current incentives are very low…

2. Passing MERLIN performance verification at the time of mail acceptance may not save the cost of errors….read more

3.The Intelligent Mail barcode requires purchase of scanner equipment, additional software or enhancements of current software will need to be purchased … read more

4.ZIP+4 DPV encoding process produce an Intelligent Mail barcode that appears to be perfectly acceptable...read more

5.Postage statements must be submitted electronically through PostalOne! The GAO has concerns over the safety and reliability of the USPS to protect your security and money...read more

6.The USPS' PostalOne! system crash experienced by mailers from Friday, February 5, 2010 to Tuesday,February 9, 2010 "When the Postal Service's systems crash, it has a significant and costly impact on the mailers' ability to prepare and enter mail." from http://www.postcom.org/

7.Delays have been reported with the access to the FAST system to schedule appointments. http://www.presort.com/?p=230

8.If acceptance issues require rework of a mailing...read more

9.Postal acceptance personnel inducting Intelligent Mail barcode mailings need training and familiarity with new Intelligent Mail barcode mailing procedures. http://www.presort.com/?p=230

10.Programs such as ACS and Confirm with the Intelligent Mail barcode have USPS costs... read more

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