Domestic Mail Manual

Properly Securing Bundles of Flats: No Rubber Bands or String Unless First-Class

November 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Please note that as of July of 2025, the Postal Service no longer permits using rubber bands and twine or string for securing bundles of flats, with the exception of bundles [...]

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM): Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service effective November 3, 2025

November 5, 2025 // 0 Comments

Here is the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) — the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, effective November 3, 2025. For prior versions, click here. U.S. Postage [...]

New USPS Mailing Standards Now In Effect

January 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

New USPS Mailing Standards took effect January 22, 2017. (click for new mailing standards) Here is a breakdown of changes from the Postal Bulletin (scroll down on the first [...]

Seamless Acceptance Prep Requirements Proposed

January 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual to add the mail preparation requirements governing [...]

Proposed eInduction Changes to Domestic Mail Manual

January 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to add language regarding streamlining the processing [...]

Mailers To See Significant Changes In 2017

September 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

The USPS has announced numerous proposed revisions to mailing regulations, including: Standard Mail Name Change — The USPS wants to change what was once Third-Class [...]