|
PostalOne!® Mail dat Technical Guide Version 19 0 March 2009 preface
|
| bet | 2/18 | | Sana | 02.10.2020 | | Hajmi | 6,32 Mb. | | #11929 |
Applying for and obtaining access to the PostalOne! system is quick and easy. We have made the application process available online through our website at http://www.usps.com/postalone. On the right, near the top of the page under New Customers, click the Learn More button. Then click the Apply Online link at the bottom of the Business Customer section. There, you can complete your online application. Following completion, our Customer Care Center reviews the application to ensure that we have accurately established your account. After completing your online application, you will receive the PostalOne! Welcome Kit. The kit contains additional information about the many features of the PostalOne! system as well as the program's Data Exchange Agreement.
NOTE: All companies participating in the PostalOne! program are required to sign an agreement, which details the participant's rights and responsibilities in this electronic arena.
To successfully conduct business electronically in the PostalOne! system, you will send mailing files via the Internet. These mailing files must be in the mailing industry format called Mail.dat. Without this exchange of information, electronic collaboration is not possible.
Mail.dat files are processed and stored in the PostalOne! system. Postal Service™ personnel access these files over the Internet to conduct business. For example, Postal Service acceptance clerks use these detailed mailing data files in the mail verification and acceptance process. The PostalOne! system uses the mailing files to generate postage statements for customers who have presented mailings to the Postal Service.
The figure below illustrates the relationship between the system and its users. It shows how business mailers submit mailing data to the PostalOne! system and how that data is retrieved by Postal Service business mail entry units.
Figure 3‑1. The PostalOne! System - Electronic collaboration via the Internet
NOTE: Mail.dat is a registered trademark of International Digital Enterprise Alliance, Inc. (IDEAlliance®) 2001-2007. IDEAlliance (http://www.idealliance.org/) is a not-for-profit membership organization, whose mission is to advance user-driven, cross-industry solutions for all publishing and content-related processes by developing standards, fostering business alliances, and identifying best practices.
|
| |
