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Smoky:
I am supposed to speak with the mail supervisor tomorrow.  It appears I am one of the early ones caught in their new policy for INITIALIZING mail forwarding.

blueblood:

--- Quote from: Smoky on June 27, 2005, 10:01:19 PM ---I am supposed to speak with the mail supervisor tomorrow.  It appears I am one of the early ones caught in their new policy for INITIALIZING mail forwarding.

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Fwiw= after you fill out a CAO card it is used to update the USPS databases. Once updated your mail is no longer sent to your old address from senders PO. Instead when your letter is scanned at sender's regional processing center, it sees that you have filed a COA and it imprints a new barcode on the letter with your new address and mail is automatically forwarded there. The barcode is barely visible in a sort of pink/orange color usually across bottom of back side of letter.

Gary RV Roamer:

--- Quote ---Fwiw= after you fill out a CAO card it is used to update the USPS databases. Once updated your mail is no longer sent to your old address from senders PO. Instead when your letter is scanned at sender's regional processing center, it sees that you have filed a COA and it imprints a new barcode on the letter with your new address and mail is automatically forwarded there.
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This automated process is not yet in place everywhere - I think it may be mostly in large urban areas.   All my forwarded mail still comes with a yellow sticker printed and placed on the original evelope by my local post office.

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