Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - (Page 27) First-Class Integrate With PostalOne! Intelligent Mail Full Service Intelligent Mail Basic Service Manifest Mailings Commingled Presorts Save Documentation Printing & Shipping Costs Reduce Paper & Storage Costs Speed Acceptance Accommodate Post-Presort Changes Split and/or Merge Mailings Drop-Ship: Speed Delivery Drop-Ship: Reduce Postage Costs Class mailers (both manifest and commingled-presort mailers) can leverage the same advantages for e-documentation and e-payment that exist for Standard and Periodical mailers. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Periodicals ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Standard Mail Package Services ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ this publication will have a follow-up article devoted to Mail.XML. In the meantime, for more information about Mail.dat and Mail.XML, you can visit the IDEAlliance website at www.idealliance.org. Wallace Vingelis is Director of Product Management and Postal Affairs for Anchor Software, LLC and currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Mail.dat Specification Committee for IDEAlliance. He can be reached at wvingelis@anchorcomputersoftware.com. Anchor Software is a leading provider of data processing software for the direct marketing industry. For more information, visit the Anchor Software website at www.AnchorComputerSoftware. com or call 800-237-1921. a Will Mail.XML replace Mail.dat as the industry standard? No. Mail.dat and Mail.XML are different specifications, and Mail. XML will not replace Mail.dat. These specifications currently exist side-by-side and will continue to do so for many years to come. (Mail.dat provides a storage/database model for mailing information while Mail.XML enables two-way communication between the shipper and the consignee.) As mentioned earlier, the next issue of www.MailingSystemsTechnology.com a JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2009 27 http://www.idealliance.org http://www.anchorcomputersoftware.com http://www.anchorcomputersoftware.com http://www.kirk-rudy.com http://www.kirk-rudy.com http://www.MailingSystemsTechnology.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 Contents Editor's Note Real Life Management Software Bytes Employing Technology Everything IMB Ship It Best Practices What You Think From the Source Combat "Do Not Mail" Getting to Know Mail.dat How NOT to Run Your Operation Reality Check New Products & Services Advertiser Index Pushing the Envelope Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - (Page CW1) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - (Page CW2) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 (Page Cover1) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 (Page Cover2) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 (Page 3) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Contents (Page 4) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Contents (Page 5) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Editor's Note (Page 6) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Editor's Note (Page 7) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Real Life Management (Page 8) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Real Life Management (Page 9) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Software Bytes (Page 10) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Software Bytes (Page 11) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Employing Technology (Page 12) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Employing Technology (Page 13) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Everything IMB (Page 14) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Everything IMB (Page 15) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Ship It (Page 16) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Ship It (Page 17) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Best Practices (Page 18) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Best Practices (Page 19) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - What You Think (Page 20) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - What You Think (Page 21) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - From the Source (Page 22) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - From the Source (Page 23) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Combat "Do Not Mail" (Page 24) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Combat "Do Not Mail" (Page 25) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Getting to Know Mail.dat (Page 26) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Getting to Know Mail.dat (Page 27) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page 28) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page Blowin1) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page Blowin2) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page 29) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page 30) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - How NOT to Run Your Operation (Page 31) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Reality Check (Page 32) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Advertiser Index (Page 33) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Pushing the Envelope (Page 34) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Pushing the Envelope (Page Cover3) Mailing Systems Technology - January/February 2009 - Pushing the Envelope (Page Cover4)
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