Standard Mail (A) and Standard Mail (B) class mail, including advertising mail, catalogs, and parcels, mailed in large quantities of identical or similar pieces. Standard Mail is eligible for significant quantity discounts on postage, depending upon the class of mail, the profit or not-for-profit status of the mailer, the weight of the mail piece, and how the mail is sorted before entry into the postal system (e.g., by carrier route or by five-digit zip code). Minimum volume and automation standards apply. The mailer must pay an annual permit fee to the receiving post office. Postage may be applied by pre-canceled stamps, permit imprints, or postage meter. The discount postage rate for presorted Standard Mail is called bulk rate. See also consolidation level; presort.
Bulk mail
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot
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Bulk mail broadly refers to mail that is mailed and processed in bulk at reduced rates. The term does not denote any particular purpose for the mail; in particular, it is not synonymous with "junk mail."
As an example, in the United States, the United States Postal Service defines bulk mail broadly as "quantities of mail prepared for mailing at reduced postage rates." The preparation includes presorting and placing into containers by ZIP code. The containers, along with a manifest, are taken to an area in a post office called a bulk mail entry unit. The presorting and the use of containers allow highly automated processing of the mail, both in bulk and piecewise, in processing facilities called bulk mail centers (BMCs).
In 2009, the USPS announced plans to streamline sorting and delivery, which would recast the BMCs as "Network Distribution Centers".[1][2]
Junk mail
Although bulk mail, junk mail and admail are, strictly speaking, not synonymous, the terms are used in common parlance to refer to unsolicited invitations delivered by mail (typically, but not invariably, at bulk rates) to homes and businesses.
References
- ^ http://parcelindustry.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=23C6283BD51B46348B616C079EEB2E21&nm=Miscellaneous&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=594390D32C4C40F988FAD341592D70E5
- ^ http://www.postalreporter.com/news/2009/02/26/changes-in-store-for-postal-bulk-mail-center-network/
External links
- "Business Mail 101", from the United States Postal Service.
- "Bulk Mail", at Australia Post.
"Bulk vs Junk Mail", at Wine County Mailing Services.
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