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Subject: bar codes on mail
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Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 01:46:12 EST
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If you look carefully, the automatic sorters only put bar codes on mail
that has the address typed or printed (rather than handwritten).V0  In
order to get the bar code on your very own outgoing mail then, I
believe that you have to type the address on the envelope and make sure
that the ZIP code is in the bottom-right corner (relative to all other
text on the envelope).  Since I don't work for the postal service, I
can't guarantee the accuracy of this info, but it is seemingly-reliable
hearsay!

Apologies for carrying on a somewhat irrelevant issue in TELECOM...
Happy New Year,
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