February 7, 2011
February DMM Update
Postal Explorer® (pe.usps.com)
is your source for up-to-date mailing standards. The
Domestic Mail Manual
is fully searchable on Postal Explorer and features fly-out menus,
cross-reference links, and an extensive subject index. Today we updated our
mailing standards to capture the following changes:
Collect on Delivery Service
We revised
503.11.2.1 to clarify standards that
apply to disputes regarding Collect on Delivery (COD) services once payment
is returned to the mailer. Specifically, the Postal Service cannot intervene
in disputes between mailers and recipients of COD mail after postal records
indicate payment was returned to the mailer.
Submission of
Electronic Documentation with Comailed and Copalletized Mailings
We revised
705.8.7,
705.8.8,
705.8.16 and
707.27.0 to require mailers preparing
comailed or copalletized mailings, or mail owners who contribute mailpieces
to a consolidated comailed or copalletized mailing, to submit electronic
documentation to the USPS by an approved method.
New
Preparation Standards for Flat-Size Mailpieces Destinating in FSS Zones
We revised
343.6.0,
343.7.0,
363.5.0,
363.6.0,
705.14.0,
707.13.0,
707.14.0 and Labeling List
L006 to provide new standards for
mail preparation of flat-size Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Bound Printed
Matter mailpieces prepared for delivery within the ZIP Codes served by Flats
Sequencing System (FSS) processing.
Market Test:
Alternate Postage Payment Method for Greeting Cards
We revised
709.3.0 to conduct a 2-year market
test of the Alternate Postage Payment Method for Greeting Cards. The market
test is effective from January 2, 2011, through December 31, 2012.
Processing
Refund Requests for Unused Meter Indicia
We revised
604.9.0 to clarify standards that
apply to processing refund requests for unused postage evidencing system
indicia.
Labeling List
Changes
We revised labeling lists
L001,
L002,
L003,
L005,
L006,
L007,
L201,
L606, and
L607 to reflect changes in mail
processing operations.
Our next
scheduled DMM update is April 17.
