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To: thomas a. burke who wrote (529)	12/18/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: John Mav	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1038

ribbs.usps.gov Service Description Mailing Online is designed to take advantage of the capabilities of the Internet, a Web browser, and personal computer software to permit customers to create and submit documents and mailing lists in electronic form for subsequent printing, finishing, and entry as hard copy mail. The service will also allow postal customers to pay postage and fees online using a credit card. The service utilizes technology advances to benefit postal customers, especially individuals and small- and home-based businesses, who would otherwise not have access to sophisticated digital printing technology and to bulk automation mail rates. It is expected to reduce the aggregate cost of producing and entering a small mailing and provide a lower cost and more efficient way to use the mail. There is no minimum number of documents that can be submitted via Mailing Online. However, there is an upper limit of 5,000 addresses per mailing. It will also provide convenient and easy-to-use electronic access to postal services for those small businesses not currently using the mail due to a lack of mail production and preparation capabilities of their own. A typical customer will compose a document using conventional desktop publishing or word processing software; access a postal Web site and select various printing, finishing, and payment options; submit a mailing list for standardization based on the Postal Service's current address database; and complete submission of the job by sending electronic versions of the document and a mailing list to the Web site. Any addresses that do not comply with postal addressing standards will be purged from the address list prior to quotation of a final price. (Move update requirements for address quality are waived temporarily pending final integration of the FASTforward system with Mailing Online. Customers will pay for the service online via credit card. The price of the service includes the creation of physical mailpieces and postage. Additional features of the service include: online document proofing; provision of a ''file cabinet'' that retains customer mailing jobs for a period of 30 days and offers document and mailing list management capabilities; real-time online status reports of jobs submitted; and a quick calculator that provides immediate price quotations. The Postal Service will batch all submitted jobs and send them via dedicated lines to a commercial digital printing contractor located in the Boston area (a permanent service would involve approximately 25 nationwide printers), who then prints the document, finishes it, places it in a letter or flat envelope bearing a delivery point barcode, and enters it as mail in Waltham, Massachusetts. In keeping with the Mailing Online goal of providing small-volume customers access to the benefits of automation, First-Class Mail and Standard Mail (A) will be entered at the automation basic rates. Special services are not being offered with Mailing Online during this market test.