Re: Bank Of Scotland Botched Disguised Mail

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:44:01 +0100, Fred Smith <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Derek ^ wrote:
>
>> IIRC we run a paralel US style Zip code system. Which is why you see
>> (or used to) strangely familiar long strings of numbers in the
>> addresses on envelopes which have been posted to you from mass
>> mailings. I don't know if that's still happening, nothing on the Royal
>> Mail website about it.
>
>I think you might be referring to Mailsort - if so there is plenty of
>information about the service on the website. It doesn't replace the
>postcode though.

No mention of those identical strings of numbers that we used to see
on mailings from diverse sources though.

DG

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