{"id":40231,"date":"2026-09-21T15:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=40231"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:27:39","slug":"usps-to-begin-piloting-a-proof-of-concept-poc-called-the-marketing-mail-optimized-delivery-mmod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/09\/21\/usps-to-begin-piloting-a-proof-of-concept-poc-called-the-marketing-mail-optimized-delivery-mmod\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS to begin piloting a proof of concept (POC) called the Marketing Mail Optimized Delivery (MMOD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Proof-of-Concept.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40232\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Proof-of-Concept.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Proof-of-Concept.jpg 275w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Proof-of-Concept-119x89.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9\/21\/26 &#8211; Please find enclosed a copy of the above-reference USPS to begin piloting a proof of concept (POC) called the Marketing Mail Optimized Delivery (MMOD).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Postal Service, the test will focus on specific conditions where a delivery point does not receive First Class Mail for a given day. The Marketing Mail for that delivery point will be handled and processed by deferring delivery for a maximum of one (1) day.<\/p>\n<p>The MMOD will begin testing at two (2) locations. The Austin P&amp;DC TX POC will be from September 21 through October 16 and involve the following zip codes: 78703 and 78751. The Boston P&amp;DC MA POC will be from September 28 through October 23 and involve the following zips codes: 02128, 02129, 02152, 02143, 02144, 02145, 02149, and 02150.<\/p>\n<p>Specific steps have been implemented to ensure election mail is not affected during the duration of this POC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmhu.org\/media\/news\/USPS%20TO%20BEGIN%20PILOTING%20A%20PROOF%20OF%20CONCEPT%20CALLED%20THE%20MARKETING%20MAIL%20OPTIMIZED%20DELIVERY%20MMOD.pdf\">Please disseminate this information as you deem appropriate. Should you have any questions contact the Contract Administration Department. (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13103 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9\/21\/26 &#8211; Please find enclosed a copy of the above-reference USPS to begin piloting a proof of concept (POC) called the Marketing Mail Optimized Delivery (MMOD). According to the Postal Service, the test will focus on specific conditions where a delivery point does not receive First Class Mail for a given day. The Marketing Mail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40233,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40231\/revisions\/40233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}