Re: Zip+4 Problems?

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1 total messages Started by Ron Bean Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:41

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Author: Ron Bean
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:41

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Ed Ravin <eravin@panix.com> writes:

>As you may have guessed already, because of these databases, it doesn't
>matter a whole lot whether you supply your ZIP+4 to someone who wants it--
>they can always look it up themselves.  The databases software allows you
>to supply a street address and city name or ZIP code and it spits out
>the corrected street name (standardized spellings, etc) and the ZIP+4.

   This can also cause them to generate the wrong zipcode
(including the 5-digit part) if there's another street with a
similar (mis)spelling. And I frequently recieve mail with the
right zip+4 but the wrong city, because I live near the boundary
between two cities that have overlapping zipcodes.

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