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Postal Glossary

Postal Rules and Regulations are constantly changing. New acronyms seem to appear on a daily basis.

At C.TRAC, we strive to keep you up-to-speed on the latest and greatest tools available.

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plus CASS™

Coding Accuracy Support System
Applies Zip+4 code for postal discounts

 

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 LACS Link™

Locatable Address Conversion System
Converts rural/state route and vanity street addresses

 

plus DPV™

Delivery Point Validation
Verification that specific house/business address numbers exist.

 

plus  NCOA Link™

National Change of Address
Updates new movers that file with the Post Office.

 

plus  ACS

Address Change Service
Automated notification process of incorrectly addressed mail pieces and their corrected, updated addresses.

plus  AEC I & AEC II

Address Element Correction One
Postal Software designed to run non-zip plus4 coded addresses for change and accuracy.

Address Element Correction Two

Additional level of verification available to non-plus4 coded recrods.  Actual mail carriers review and correct addresses for delivery.

plus  CONFIRM

Offers the ability to track your mail campaigns as they travel through the USPS mail stream.  Both destination and origin versions of confirm are available to alert mailers as to when they can expect mail pieces to be delivered and when they can expect to receive returned correspondence.

plus  RDI

Residential Delivery Indicator helps USPS customers reduce mailing costs by verifying whether a delivery type is classified as a residential or business address.

plus  IMb

The Intelligent Mail® Barcode (formerly known as the 4-State Customer Barcode) is the next generation of USPS® barcode technology used to more effectively sort and track letters and flats to their final deliveries.

plus  SuiteLink

Allows database developers to create a software interface that has the capability of appending the secondary (suite) information to a business address providing the input address is determined to be a high-rise default record.

 


 

   
     
 
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