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Acknowledgements

The industry, IDEAlliance, and especially the Chief Editor are most grateful to those who have contributed what assuredly exceeds two hundred years of accumulated postal, manufacturing, transportation and data communications expertise to this document's creation.

It is the collective wish of each contributor that this work may foster an ever-expanding use of Mail.dat. We believe that this expanded use will lead to a more efficient, better informed and, therefore, more competitive industry within which each party has an even greater opportunity to succeed.

Success is the result of sound decision making. Mail.dat is a standard for sharing data with such ease and flexibility that each party to the communications can form their own view of the data and of the their mailing-related world. This is critical, since data is only pertinent information if that data is available in a form meaningful to its recipient.

May the excellent effort put forth by these contributors advance your individual and corporate success in securing valued information for yourself and, in turn, providing the same for others.