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Text Tracking...

You can sign up for it and that way you won't have to go to the main site check on your pkg, you go there only once and it'll send the scans right to you phone... 

Having said that, I believe that it's all done by a computer and with all those that track stuff from E-Bay ..Amazon and the like the chance of the powers that be, flagging you is downright close to zer0...

This was taken directly from their site::::

USPS Text Tracking™ FAQs

What is USPS Text Tracking™?
USPS Text Tracking is a mechanism by which customers can be notified of the status of their package. Standard Message and Data Rates may apply. There are now several ways that customers can request Text Tracking:

From your phone:
  • Send a text to 28777 (2USPS) with your tracking number as the content of the message. The text reply from USPS will be the latest tracking information for the item.

  • Send a text to 28777 (2USPS) with your tracking number and a keyword. Keywords tell USPS the specific information you want to know, such whether or not delivery has been attempted. See more on keywords under the heading "How do I use keywords?"
From the web site:
After tracking a package on the USPS Tracking® web site you may register to receive Text Tracking on a tracking number by tracking number basis. You may elect one of the following Text Tracking Options on the web site:
  • Expected Delivery Updates

  • Day of Delivery Updates

  • Package Delivered

  • Available for Pickup

  • Delivery Exception Updates

  • All the options above

How do I use keywords?
USPS Text Tracking allows the use of a keyword in conjunction with a specific tracking number when sent from a mobile device. The chart below provides the allowable keywords to be used in conjunction with a specific tracking number and explains the response. The keyword must follow the number (e.g., 9205512345678912345678 DND). Keywords are not case sensitive. Text "KEYWORD" to 28777 (2USPS) to get this listing of definitions sent to your mobile device.

Keyword(s)
AA  All past and future activity on the package

AF - Future activity only on the package

AP - Previous activity only on the package

DND - Notification of each delivery or delivery attempt

Delivery - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

Date - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

Update - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

When - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

Stop - Stop receiving Text Tracking messages for this label.

FD - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

Future - Expected / Guaranteed Delivery by or on, if available

TD - Expected delivery on, if available

Today - Expected delivery on, if available

AL - Delivery Exceptions on a package, such as weather delay or schedule a redelivery

Alert - Delivery Exceptions on a package, such as weather delay or schedule a redelivery

Alerts - Delivery Exceptions on a package, such as weather delay or schedule a redelivery

UP - Package available for Pick up

Pickup - Package available for Pick up

Pick-up - Package available for Pick up



Receive more information about USPS Text Tracking
Additionally, the term "ALL" may be texted on its own (without a specific tracking number). This results in USPS sending text updates for all future activity on any tracking numbers that the user has submitted previously or may submit in the future. When used on its own, the keyword in essence sets a preference for all text tracking updates sent to the requesting mobile phone number.

What does a Text Tracking response from USPS look like?
Depending on the information that you have requested, the Text Tracking response may vary slightly. The typical response, containing status information, looks like this:
  • USPS 01123456789123456789, Available for Pickup 4:55am BOWIE MD 20701 Reply STOP to cancel

  • The tracking response includes the following information:

  • Sender (USPS)

  • Tracking number (ZIP Code®, routing information at the beginning of the tracking number may be removed)

  • Status (e.g., Delivered, Notice Left)

  • Date, Time, and Location (in most instances)

  • Instructions to stop receiving further messages
Other message types are now also available. These fall into several different categories:
Delivery Date
USPS has enhanced Text Tracking such that upon first request for status updates, you will receive the scheduled, expected, or updated delivery date information that USPS has for the item. This information is also available throughout the request cycle by use of a keyword as explained in the topic "How do I use keywords?"
For example:
USPS 01123456789123456789, Expected Delivery by: Monday, September 11, 2017 Reply STOP to cancel
Confirmation

Sometimes you may make a request that cannot be fulfilled immediately. In such cases, USPS will confirm the request was received, even if the desired text update cannot be sent at that time. For example:

USPS Text Tracking: Alert update has been applied to 01123456789123456789
Or
USPS 01123456789123456789: Request for Delivery Exception Updates confirmed

How do I request quiet time?
Some customers may prefer not to receive text messages during non-business hours. If you would like to request that USPS not send text updates to your mobile device during off hours, you can take the following steps:
Text "Quiet" to 28777 (2USPS). USPS will stop sending USPS Text Tracking updates to your mobile number between the hours of 11PM CST and 7AM CST. USPS will respond to your quiet time request with "USPS Text Tracking, Quiet Time Enabled". Texting will automatically resume at 7AM CST.
To remove the quiet time preference at any time, even during the standard Quiet Time hours mentioned above, text "Awake" to 28777 (2USPS). USPS will respond to your request with "USPS Text Tracking, Quiet Time Disabled".

What are the differences among the notification options?
1.Mobile device initiated request: when a customer requests Text Tracking via their mobile device, USPS will provide a single text response with the latest tracking activity for the package. If a user would like additional updates on that package, a subsequent request needs to be sent. Or, the user must provide a keyword to request additional activity.

2.usps.com USPS Tracking initiated request:

Option 1: a user may request Expected Delivery updates on their package, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device for an expected or scheduled date information on the package.

Option 2: a user may request Day of Delivery updates on their package, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device when USPS expects to deliver the package that day.

Option 3: a user may request Package Delivered updates on their package, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device once the package has been delivered.

Option 4: a user may request Available for Pickup updates on their package, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device when the package is available for pickup.

Option 5: a user may request Delivery Exception updates, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device for each Delivery Exception type event on the package.

Option 6: a user may request All Options, which means that a Text Tracking message will be sent to the user's mobile device for Expected Delivery updates, Day of Delivery updates, Available for Pickup updates, and / or Delivery Exception updates on the package.

How do I stop getting USPS Text Tracking messages?
You may text "STOP" (or any of the following equivalents: "ARRET", "UNSUBSCRIBE", "CANCEL", or "QUIT") to 28777 (2USPS) any time that you wish to stop receiving tracking messages on your mobile device from USPS. Note that if you send "STOP" to 2USPS, this stops all active Text Tracking requests for any tracking numbers where you had previously requested Text Tracking. You may text "STOP" along with a specific tracking number to stop Text Tracking responses for that number only as mentioned in the "How do I use keywords?" topic.

Who do I contact for additional help?
You may call this phone number to obtain additional information on USPS Text Tracking: 1-800-222-1811.
To obtain help from your mobile device, use any of the following: HELP, INFO, or AIDE.

Is USPS Text Tracking available to both domestic and international users?
At this time, USPS Text Tracking is available to customers with a United States based phone number using the phone in the United States, or who have a United States based phone number and obtain roaming coverage to use abroad. In early 2015, USPS added this feature for customers with a Canadian based phone number as well. USPS plans to support Text Tracking for additional international users with future enhancements.

Do I need to register with USPS to participate in Text Tracking?
To participate in Text Tracking, you do not need a usps.com account. However, upon your first use of the USPS Text Tracking service, you will be asked to opt-in to the service. This means that you agree to pay any applicable message and data charges that might be incurred on your mobile device upon requesting and receiving USPS Text Tracking messages. If you send a "STOP" request to 2USPS, you will need to opt-in again prior to participating in USPS Text Tracking. Additionally, if you make your request via usps.com, you will be required to reply "YES" to a welcome message to confirm that you do, in fact, want to participate.

Which carriers do I have to use to send or receive USPS Text Tracking?
The mobile operators participating in this campaign are AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile®, Boost Mobile, Cricket, Virgin Mobile USA, MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular®, Ntelos, Cellular South, Cincinnati Bell, Centennial, Bluegrass, Appalachian Wireless, Revol, Illinois Valley, United Wireless, Inland Cellular, West Central Cellular, ECIT, Immix, Nex-Tech, Pocket Com USA, Pioneer Wireless USA,Simmerty US, Union Wireless, Cellcom.
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This is actual a very useful tool I use it a lot for stuff i order from sites like amazon or when a family member sends me something.  Thanks for posting out the entire instructions/info/FAQ's its a lot easier when that info is laid out at once, instead of buried among web pages like it is on their site.  Was wondering if you've had any luck tracking internationally with this? 

I'm curious because the three vendors I've received TN's from all track the same way: they show the postal process step-by-step, like intended, until the moment the bird leaves the origin country where the tracking stops completely.  I thought I read somewhere that USPS was going to stop scanning the tracking bar codes on packages only from certain countries/areas.  However, I have no idea if this is true or not but not even a year ago I know I was getting updates for one of my go to vendors all the way up to the mailman physically delivering the parcel, and late last year out of nowhere the tracking started saying "Not Trackable" or "Label created, not yet in system" once it left COG.
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You can also sign up for an e-mail through USPS that tells you at sunrise what mail you have coming that day. Very useful!
"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has."  -William Olser
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#4
Yes, I use it . Problem, is they update it when the magazine came for certain countries only .
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(05-24-2018, 04:59 PM)horsies Wrote: You can also sign up for an e-mail through USPS that tells you at sunrise what mail you have coming that day.  Very useful!

Are you referring to the USPS Informed Delivery service?  I actually signed up for it as soon as it was available last year but to be honest I found it almost completely useless, the only mail pieces it shows for me is letters(standard size), bills, and advertisements/coupons.  Have you had any luck with it showing you incoming mail from a vendor yet?  

I read the FAQ about how it works and if i remember correctly it said it only sends you images of your "letter-sized mail" (i.e. post cards, bills, letters from family/friends) and other advertisement / magazines only if the company who sent it "conducts a synchronized digital marketing campaign" with USPS, which I believe is a fancy word for paying USPS to do so haha.  However if you know of a way for me to see all incoming mail that is scanned I would really appreciate it!
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#6
usps is completely down, talked to my post carrier, I got an intl today, she sis up tomorrow or after holiday most likely, updating software, letiting you all no my tn says MO, but its in my stomach, they still still are ,moving
your only as old as the last time you changed your mind !
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#7
It allows me to track ALL my pkgs from start to finish... However... As stated, there are some countries that track their pkgs only to their border and not past that... It will more than likely always be that way...

For the most part, it saves me from logging in daily to see just where the dang thangs are and has been very helpful indeed to me as I can receive updates even when I am away from my comp... As many pkgs as the U$P$ tracks, I feel it would be next to impossible to single out one they would deem as watchable this day in age...

I've never had one even close incident while using this tool... AND it makes the knowing appox the time I should receive my "stuff" much easier to keep up with...

But like they say... "Different streaks for different freaks" (or something along those lines Smile )

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#8
Very good tools for helping IceMan

Great post!
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#9
Holidays.... You do know they take them whenever possible....

Here's the list I found while browsing their own site:::


Postal Holidays

2018 holidays

Monday, January 1 New Year’s Day

Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. birthday

Monday, February 19 Washington’s Birthday (observed)

Monday, May 28 Memorial Day

Wednesday, July 4 Independence Day

Monday, September 3 Labor Day

Monday, October 8 Columbus Day

Monday, November 12 Veterans Day (observed)

Thursday, November 22 Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday, December 25 Christmas Day



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What Characteristics Should I Look for That Might Suggest a Suspicious Item in My Mail?

Under certain circumstances, you should exercise more caution if you are concerned about the receipt of suspicious items. Be alert to mail pieces which are unexpected or sent by someone unfamiliar to you. The following characteristics may also dictate caution when handling an unknown mail piece:

Items addressed to someone no longer with your organization or otherwise outdated.

Items that are handwritten and have no return address, or have one that can't be verified as legitimate.

Items containing restrictive endorsements, such as "Personal" or "Confidential".

Items of unusual weight relative to their size, or that are lopsided or oddly shaped.

Items which are sealed with excessive amounts of tape.

An item containing a postmark which does not match the return address or bears an excessive amount of postage.

Mailpiece is leaking an unknown powdery substance.


NOTE:  

When you order Postal products through Stamp Fulfillment Services, a cornstarch in the form of a white powder is used in the processing function. The packing process includes adding food starch, a non-toxic white powder that inhibits moisture, cracking, and spotting. It protects the archival properties of our products.
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(05-24-2018, 08:42 PM)Hatcher615 Wrote:
(05-24-2018, 04:59 PM)horsies Wrote: You can also sign up for an e-mail through USPS that tells you at sunrise what mail you have coming that day.  Very useful!

Are you referring to the USPS Informed Delivery service?  I actually signed up for it as soon as it was available last year but to be honest I found it almost completely useless, the only mail pieces it shows for me is letters(standard size), bills, and advertisements/coupons.  Have you had any luck with it showing you incoming mail from a vendor yet?  

I read the FAQ about how it works and if i remember correctly it said it only sends you images of your "letter-sized mail" (i.e. post cards, bills, letters from family/friends) and other advertisement / magazines only if the company who sent it "conducts a synchronized digital marketing campaign" with USPS, which I believe is a fancy word for paying USPS to do so haha.  However if you know of a way for me to see all incoming mail that is scanned I would really appreciate it!
Hey Hatcher! Yes I usually do get that e-mail image if they are not large packages.  But even some domestic mail doesnt show up.  It's helpful but not perfect.
"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has."  -William Olser
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