USPS Changes Effective April 17, 2011

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[FONT=Calibri]Web Tools customers;[/FONT]

Please be aware that the USPS Web Tools domestic service standards APIs will be modified as described below:

1.[FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT]Effective April 17, 2011, the Package Services Service Standards (i.e. StandardB) API response will be altered to accommodate additional messaging for items to or from ZIP Codes outside the contiguous United States and APO/FPO/DPO locations. A new <Message> data element, as shown in the example below, will be present in the StandardB response when the following 3-digit ZIP Codes are used: 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 967, 968, 969, 006, 007, 008, 009 and APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Codes.

[FONT=Verdana]<[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]StandardBResponse[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Verdana][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <OriginZip>[FONT=Verdana]902[/FONT]</OriginZip> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <DestinationZip>[FONT=Verdana]969[/FONT]</DestinationZip> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <Days>[FONT=Verdana]10[/FONT]</Days> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <Message>[/FONT][FONT=Arial]The timeliness of service to or from destinations outside the contiguous US may be affected by the limited availability of transportation.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]</[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Message[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]</[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]StandardBResponse[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT]

2.[FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT]Effective April 17, 2011, the Priority Mail Service Standards (i.e. PriorityMail) API response will be altered to accommodate additional messaging for items to or from APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Codes. A new <Message> data element, as shown in the example below, will be present in the PriorityMail response when APO/FPO/DPO 3-digit ZIP Codes are used.

[FONT=Verdana]<[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]PriorityMailResponse[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Verdana][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <OriginZip>[FONT=Verdana]902[/FONT]</OriginZip> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <DestinationZip>[FONT=Verdana]090[/FONT]</DestinationZip> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <Days>[FONT=Verdana]Military Mail[/FONT]</Days> [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana] <Message>[/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]The origin and/or destination ZIP Code supplied is an APO/FPO/DPO ZIP code. Service commitments to this location are not available at this time[/FONT][FONT=Arial].[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]</[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Message[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]</[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]PriorityMailResponse[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]>[/FONT][FONT=Verdana][/FONT]

3.[FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT]Effective April 17, 2011, the Express Mail Service Standards (i.e ExpressMail) API will be retired. This API returns only error information currently and will no longer return these errors.

For questions or concerns, [FONT=Arial]please contact the USPS Internet Customer Care Center at 1-800-344-7779 or icustomercare AT usps DOT com. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial]Thank you,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]USPS Web Tools Program Office[/FONT]

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How will this effect the way that Zen-Cart talks to USPS?

[DrByte]

A quick review suggests that these three items do not refer to the RateQuote API which is used by Zen Cart.
They may refer to one of the other WebTools offered by USPS which Zen Cart does not integrate with.