PostalOne! Outage Update
From the PostalOne! help desk:
The USPS technical teams continue to recover the PostalOne database. This process is a lengthy process and not expected to complete until late Sunday, 2/7/2010.
USPS Headquarters Business Mail Acceptance has advised acceptance units to follow the business contingency plan for accepting mail during a PostalOne outage.
• For mailers who have been submitting electronic documentation (eDoc), you will required to submit hardcopy postage statements and qualification summary reports for your mailings during the outage.
• The hardcopy statements will be retained in the BMEU/DMU and will be used to validate against the eDoc submitted when the system is restored.
As a reminder, the outage is being tracked under the Priority Urgent Remedy Case #4276011.
An updated status will be provided at approximately Noon CT on 2/7/2010.
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Mailers will have to contend with completely switching from electronic to paper for an undetermined period of time. Mail entry will be slowed down greatly as a result. And had MTAC Work Group #122 not insisted that the USPS document a contingency plan, things would really be total chaos.
