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Mailsort® 70

This product will no longer be available after 12 May 2012. If you currently use Mailsort® 70, you will need to switch to Business Mail or Business Mail 1st Class. Get help with making the switch or find out more about our improved product portfolio.
With Mailsort® 70, customers make savings by pre-sorting and preparing their mail prior to collection by Royal Mail. With fewer selections than other Mailsort® variants and the use of trays to convey the mail, it is a cleaner, easier way of posting your letters. Mailsort® 70 also gives you flexibility of delivery speed depending upon the urgency of your mailing. When you use Mailsort® 70, you will be able to download the Mailsort® User Guide and have access to a dedicated UK helpline and sorting database.

You sort your mail

Mailsort® is based upon you sorting and presenting your mailings into specific postcode areas with correct addresses, so that after we collect it we can quickly process it and get it to its destination. Because you use the Mailsort® Database to sort the mail as it is being produced, this makes it more efficient to process and so we can offer you discounts for the time you save us.

What you can send

To use Mailsort®70, you will need to send a minimum of 20,000 items per mailing (which can be spread over a number of days as specified in the Mailsort® User Guide). A mailing is defined as a single set of selections that is accompanied by a single line listing and computer planning report (CPR).

Mailsort® 70

Mailsort® 70 is a cost-effective choice for your business if you:

  • want to make savings by carrying out some preparation.
  • can sort your mail into selections based on our mail centres (full details can be obtained from the Mailsort® Database which is free to download).
  • send large volumes of letter- format mail to UK addresses.
  • can prepare your items to either Royal Mail’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) font requirements OR those for a Customer Bar Code (CBC). In addition, a minimum of 90% of addresses must have the correct postcode that match to Royal Mail’s Postcode Address File (PAF) (95% for Sustainable® Mail intermediate).
  • mail at least 20,000 letters in a single posting in trays supplied to you by Royal Mail.
  • have letter format items that meet the following requirements:
  1. weigh up to 100g.
  2. are at least 90mm x 140mm or bigger.
  3. no more than 165mm x 240mm (C5+) in size.
  4. no greater than 5mm thick.
  5. no thinner than 0.25mm.

With Mailsort® 70 there are three delivery speed options:

  1. Mailsort 1 - delivery next working day.
  2. Mailsort 2 - delivery within three working days.
  3. Mailsort 3 - delivery within 7 working days.

Formats accepted for Mailsort® 70 service

Letter format image. Maximum length 240mm. Maximum width 165mm. Maximum thickness 5mm. Maximum weight 100g. For example most letters, bills and statements, some brochures and catalogues.
 

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Application Form Last Updated
Self Regulation of Direct Marketing
Explains the Mailing Standards Levy
Version July 2010, File Size 76 kb		 26/07/10
Terms & Conditions inc Appendices Last Updated
Royal Mail Specific Terms for
Bulk Mail Specific Terms and Conditions
Version April 2012		 20/04/12
Royal Mail general terms and conditions
These are Royal Mail's general terms and conditions of trading,
Version April 2012		 20/04/12
Technical Manual Last Updated
Mailsort User Guide - (tech manual)
Mailsort User Guide - (tech manual)		 20/04/12
Rate Card/Pricing Last Updated
Rate card - Mailsort - April 2012
A Rate card for Mailsort® 70 from 2 April 2012 until 12 May 2012
Version April 2012		 02/04/12
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