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DPV and LACS are really coming to your CASS coding process. For months, the vendor community has been working with the USPS to inform the mailers about the upcoming coding rule changes for CASS software.

The upcoming USPS rules for software address matching will change next August. CASS vendors have been asked to update the CASS software matching rules for the assignment of ZIP+4 codes. The assignment of ZIP+4 codes may have some adverse affects in your business community.

From the looks of the pre-show National Postal Forum and recent articles, work groups and advertisements, it looks like Addressing will be the highlighted hit of the show. So what is the real problem? Lets chat about it.

Abbreviated city names or truncated city names - either way could still be problematic depending on your business solution. Some of the challenges are listed and we are looking for some other strange and unique city name challenges in your business.

Address validation and correction should be more than stuck in the back end batch process. To eliminate garbage in your system in the first place, you need to implement address cleansing methods at time of entry.

One way to avoid the residential delivery surcharge is by barcoding your mailings with an RDI. Find out how.