August 5, 2010

IMb™ Services Update        

Guides and Specifications Updates: A Guide to Customer Supplier Agreements (CSAs) has been updated. Version 4.5 of the guide has been posted to the RIBBS^® website.

FAST Release 14.3.0 and Scheduled Outages (August 15-16, 2010): FAST^® Release 14.3.0 will deploy to the production environment on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Updated release notes for FAST 14.3.0 are available on RIBBS>Site Index A-Z>FAST/Surface Visibility>Important Links>FAST Release Notes. The FAST production system will not be available from 4 a.m. through 8 a.m. (CDT) on Sunday, August 15, 2010.

FAST Release 14.3.0 will deploy to the Test Environment for Mailers (TEM) on Monday, August 16, 2010. The FAST TEM system will not be available from 8 a.m. through 12 Noon (CDT) on Monday, August 16, 2010.

Customers experiencing problems related to CSAs should contact the PostalOne!^®/FAST Help Desk via 1-800-522-9085 or FAST@usps.com for assistance. The Help Desk will activate a remedy ticket and submit it to the CSA Remedy Team.