Updated contents of Page 13 to clearly identify required files and add PBC record
4. Added new field eInduction Indicator with Default value of Blank 5. Field positions were modified from Weight field onwards
PIECE BARCODE RECORD - .pbc – New Record
1. Added Job ID, PBC Unique ID, CQT Database ID, Package ID, Barcode, Wasted or Shortage Indicator, PBC Record Status, and Closing Character.
POSTAGE STATEMENT RECORD - .psr
1. Changed length of Rate Type from "1" to "2".
2. Field positions were modified from Rate Type field onwards.
POSTAGE ADJUSTMENT RECORD - .par
1. Changed length of Rate Type from "1" to "2".
2.
Field positions were modified from Rate Type field onwards.Mail.dat 11.1.0.5 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 11.1.0.4
Made editing changes such as color coding for header 270 onwards and changed color coding for 2 Closing character positions to black for cpt and csm.
CONTAINER QUANTITY RECORD - .cqt
Added a new flag in rate Category of D1, and modified descriptions of A1, B1, A, and B flags; Daggered the rate category of O.
Flagged the rate categories of AF, BF, DF, GF, NF, KF as invalid after January 2, 2011.
COMPONENT - .cpt
Added a new value of D for Summer Sale to the Price incentive type
Mail.dat 11.1.0.4 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 11.1.0.3
SEGMENT RECORD - .seg
Updated the description of Delivery Statistics file Date field and made it mandatory.
MAIL PIECE UNIT - .mpu
Deleted comments: NA and NB are not valid for a postage statement mailing date that is the same as or after the January 2011 price change date CONTAINER SUMMARY RECORD - .csm
Moved/Fixed Container label eligible types that had shifted suggesting wrong eligibility for several container levels.
CONTAINER QUANTITY RECORD - .cqt
Deleted comments from Rate Category and Barcode Discount or Surcharge Indicator fields: The above NFM values are not valid for a postage statement mailing date that is the same as or after the January 2011 price change date.
Mail.dat 11.1.0.3 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 11.1.0.2
Editing: Renamed E = FSS Scheme to E = FSS Sort plan in in CSM Container Level and X = FSS Scheme in PQT Package level to X = FSS Sort plan.
PACKAGE QUANTITY RECORD- .pqt 1. Daggered X = Alt Delivery CR
Mail.dat 11.1.0.2 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 11.1.0.1
CONTAINER QUANTITY RECORD- .cqt
1. Added new rate categories of A1 and B1 to CQT and modified descriptions of A and B.
Mail.dat 11.1.0.1 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 11.1.0.0
Mainly editing changes were made
MAIL PIECE UNIT RECORD- .mpu1. Added “For Future Usage” for Postal Price Incentive type for incentive program identification.
COMPONENT RECORD- .cpt
1. Added values A, B, and C to the Postal Price Incentive type for incentive program identification.
2. Fixed field positions from Price Incentive ID field and onwards.
CONTAINER SUMMARY RECORD- .csm
1. Cleaned descriptions for Origin DDU to Origin DU and ADC to DADC.
Mail.dat 11.1.0.0 Changes As Compared to Mail.dat 9.1.3.0
Removed previous tracking history of Mail.dat version 8 and 7 and kept version 9
HEADER RECORD - .hdr1. Changed the version to 11-1 from 09-1.
2. The old ‘Reserve’ field position 270-276 was deleted that changed the position and size of the remaining fields and increased the size of User Option Field.
SEGMENT RECORD- .seg
1. Renamed the field Mail Facility ID to eDoc Submitter CRID and added a new description.
2. Added Delivery Statistics File Date.
3. Added “In case of multiple dates, use the oldest date” for Delivery Statics File date, LOT Database Date, Automation Coding Date.
4. Added OneCode ACS value of 8 to the Move update method field and updated the descriptions of #4 and #7 options.
5. Added that NA and NB are not valid for postage statement mailing date that is the same as or after the January 2011 price change date.
6. Field positions changed due to new field additions.
MAIL PIECE UNIT RECORD- .mpu
1. Added Postal Price Incentive ID for incentive program identification.
2. Added Postal Price Incentive type for incentive program identification.
3. Changed Mail Piece Unit file Rate Type size to 2 bytes.
4. Added that NA and NB are not valid for postage statement mailing date that is the same as or after the January 2011 price change date.
5. Added Standard Parcel Type field which is 1 byte A/N and optional.
6. Added Standard Flat Type field which is 1 byte A/N and optional.
7. Field positions changed due to new field additions and change of size of an existing field.
COMPONENT RECORD- .cpt
1. Added Content of Mail field to identify mail content for future incentive programs.
CONTAINER SUMMARY RECORD- .csm
1. Changed Container Type length to 2 bytes.
2. Changed Entry Point for Entry Discount - Facility Type length to 2 bytes and modified the description to support origin entry facility identification.
3. Updated description of Entry Point for Entry Discount - Facility Type.
4. Added the value of AB for air box to the container type field.
5. Added 2 new descriptions for existing unused container levels E and F with values FSS Scheme and FSS facility respectively.
6. Further clarified the description of locale key.
6. Field positions changed due to change in length of a few existing fields.
CONTAINER QUANTITY RECORD- .cqt
1. Added that NFMs are not valid for postage statement mailing date that is the same as or after the January 2011 price change date for Rate category and Barcode Discount or Surcharge indicator.
PACKAGE QUANTITY RECORD- .pqt
1. Increased the length of number of copies and pieces to 5 digits.
2. Changed Package Level length to 2 bytes.
3. Added Unique Characteristics field designed for future price incentive programs.
4. Field positions changed due to change in length of a few existing fields.
PIECE DETAIL RECORD - .pdr
1. Changed the descriptions of #4 and #7 and added new code of #8 for OneCode ACS in the Move Update method field.
2. Changed the description of ACS Key Line data field.
MANIFEST INDIVIDUAL RECORD- .mir and MANIFEST SUMMARY RECORD- .msr 1. Daggered both of the above files.
SCENARIOS
1. Updated the description of “FIRM PACKAGES AS MULTI-PIECE "PACKAGE SERVICES" PARCELS scenario.
2. Added a Mail.dat Air Box Scenario