MAILING SERVICES — GIVING POSTAGE ITS DUE

PAVE—Presorting Accuracy Validation and Evaluation is a software certification program that analyzes presort software products to determine their mail sorting accuracy based on the DMM standards. Software products that successfully complete the testing process are granted PAVE certification.

PostalOne!—A Web-based, electronic system offered as a streamlined alternative to the hard copy documentation used in the business mail acceptance process. The system electronically links a customer’s mailing information with the USPS acceptance, verification and payment systems, eliminating most paperwork. It is based on the Mail.dat standardized relational database file format (www.maildat.org).