Your Catholic Communication Service
Your Catholic Communication Service
Total Address Quality (TAQ)

Our Sunday Visitor address management and mailing services can help you optimize your name and address lists for United States postal regulations. We work closely with the United States Postal Service (USPS®) to anticipate changes and to implement procedures to meet regulations.

Total Address Quality (TAQ) is a multi-step process that includes several tools to scan, cleanse and modify address information into a format acceptable by the U.S. Postal Service.

 This is a standard offering for our customers who use OSV mail services

How it Works

OSV validates addresses against official postal authority records. By ensuring address accuracy, standardization and completeness, TAQ helps improve overall data quality, increase productivity and reduce waste caused by undeliverable mail pieces. Subsequent validation includes crosschecking and correcting addresses prior to mailing to help reduce undeliverable-as-addressed mail, resulting in lower costs.

The Our Sunday Visitor Online List Manager (OLM) provides you a web-based tool to manage parishioner names and addresses. In addition to the online service, Our Sunday Visitor can perform National Change Of Address (NCOA™) and Auto-Correct certification services on your address lists.

Our production systems incorporate leading-edge intelligent barcoding. This enables us to confirm the items we have produced and track them through post office locations.

Contact Our Sunday Visitor at (800) 348-2886 or email us at envservice@osv.com to learn more about how we can help you with your mailing needs.

 

Our Sunday Visitor address management and mailing services can help you optimize your name and address lists for United States postal regulations. We work closely with the United States Postal Service (USPS®) to anticipate changes and to implement procedures to meet regulations.

Total Address Quality (TAQ) is a multi-step process that includes several tools to scan, cleanse and modify address information into a format acceptable by the U.S. Postal Service.

 This is a standard offering for our customers who use OSV mail services

How it Works

OSV validates addresses against official postal authority records. By ensuring address accuracy, standardization and completeness, TAQ helps improve overall data quality, increase productivity and reduce waste caused by undeliverable mail pieces. Subsequent validation includes crosschecking and correcting addresses prior to mailing to help reduce undeliverable-as-addressed mail, resulting in lower costs.

The Our Sunday Visitor Online List Manager (OLM) provides you a web-based tool to manage parishioner names and addresses. In addition to the online service, Our Sunday Visitor can perform National Change Of Address (NCOA™) and Auto-Correct certification services on your address lists.

Our production systems incorporate leading-edge intelligent barcoding. This enables us to confirm the items we have produced and track them through post office locations.

Contact Our Sunday Visitor at (800) 348-2886 or email us at envservice@osv.com to learn more about how we can help you with your mailing needs.

 

Address Data Services

Auto-Correct in OLM

Auto-CASS Video

Watch this short video to see how OSV's Auto-Correct feature in Online List Manager improves the accuracy of your parishioner list. 

Auto-CASS Video

Watch this short video to see how OSV's Auto-Correct feature in Online List Manager improves the accuracy of your parishioner list. 


File Format FAQ

Standard File Formats
  

Updates

Several software companies have updated their list export format to comply with our file format standards. We would like to make sure this update is functioning correctly for each parish. Prior to emailing your parishioner list to Our Sunday Visitor for offering envelope mailings, please check your file for:

• Correct parishioner count
• Accuracy in instances where multiple last names are listed under a single envelope number

Taking these precautionary measures will assure accurate printing and delivery. Please contact customer service at 800-348-2886 with any questions.

Several software companies have updated their list export format to comply with our file format standards. We would like to make sure this update is functioning correctly for each parish. Prior to emailing your parishioner list to Our Sunday Visitor for offering envelope mailings, please check your file for:

• Correct parishioner count
• Accuracy in instances where multiple last names are listed under a single envelope number

Taking these precautionary measures will assure accurate printing and delivery. Please contact customer service at 800-348-2886 with any questions.


Preferred Formats

We request that you use one of the following formats for exporting. Click for example:
CSV
Excel

Instructions on how to transmit your file:
E-mail instructions
Uploading file through website

We request that you use one of the following formats for exporting. Click for example:
CSV
Excel

Instructions on how to transmit your file:
E-mail instructions
Uploading file through website


ParishSOFT

Logos

Parish Data System (PDS)

Please use the instructions below that are closest to your version of PDS (if your version number is under 6.0, please use the 4.0 instructions). If your export does not match the example exactly, you may need to use the Custom Export Process directions below to create a compliant file.

Please use the instructions below that are closest to your version of PDS (if your version number is under 6.0, please use the 4.0 instructions). If your export does not match the example exactly, you may need to use the Custom Export Process directions below to create a compliant file.


Servant Keeper

Shelby

USPS Procedures

As OSV implements the TAQ solution we need your help complying with US Postal Service mandated procedures. There are three items that need your immediate attention:

  1. Complete NCOA form and provide to OSV
  2. Provide Non-Profit Authorization form to OSV
  3. Confirm return service information with OSV

Please refer to the "Important TAQ Information Letter for Customers" link we've provided below for more information how to complete this process. We can’t begin the process until we receive your responses. If you have any questions or need more information call 800-348-2886 or email us at envservice@osv.com.

Important TAQ Information Letter for customers (.pdf)
NCOA™ Process Acknowledgement Form (.pdf)
NCOA™ PAF Instructions (.pdf)
NCOALink™ Required Text Document (.pdf) Version 25.1: 03/11/09

As OSV implements the TAQ solution we need your help complying with US Postal Service mandated procedures. There are three items that need your immediate attention:

  1. Complete NCOA form and provide to OSV
  2. Provide Non-Profit Authorization form to OSV
  3. Confirm return service information with OSV

Please refer to the "Important TAQ Information Letter for Customers" link we've provided below for more information how to complete this process. We can’t begin the process until we receive your responses. If you have any questions or need more information call 800-348-2886 or email us at envservice@osv.com.

Important TAQ Information Letter for customers (.pdf)
NCOA™ Process Acknowledgement Form (.pdf)
NCOA™ PAF Instructions (.pdf)
NCOALink™ Required Text Document (.pdf) Version 25.1: 03/11/09

  

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                200 Noll Plaza | Huntington, IN 46750 | phone: 800-348-2886 | fax: 800-442-0669
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