For automatic importing, simply specify which directory will contain the jobs to be imported, where to store these jobs, which MAILdb database to update and where you would like the log files to be stored.

When you start the MAILdb Robot, it will minimize itself and stay that way, operating quietly in the background, until you decide to stop it.

Every few seconds, the system will check the specified source directory for new jobs. When a new job is found, it is moved to the storage directory and MAILDB is invoked to begin the import.

After the import is complete, MAILdb Robot performs any other operations (such as entry point optimization and report creation) that you have specified and then begins checking again for new jobs.

You can add additional steps to the MAILdb Robot's list of tasks to perform after importing.

Would you like to optimize the entry point assignments for all the containers in the job?

Just specify the ENTRYdb scenario you want to use and where you want to store the report files showing the results.

 

You can even specify which version of the U.S.P.S. postage rates you want to use in the optimization calculations — current, previous or future (if available).

 

The MAILdb Robot will automatically update your MAILdb database with the optimized entry point assignments.

 

Report files documenting the results of the optimization are automatically created and stored in the specified folder for your use. Results are stored in three levels of detail:

• Overall Job Results
• Results by Entry Point
• Results by Container

Each of these reports is stored in both plain text (.txt) format, which can be opened and read in WordPad™, Notepad™ or any other text editor, and in comma-separated-value (.csv) format, which can easily be imported into spreadsheet programs.

You can also save time by automatically generating Container Label Records as each job is imported.

Just select the setup file to use and MAILdb Robot will generate them with Mailer Information and User Information customized to your specifications.

Would you like to also create the USPS Qualification Report information? Walk Sequence reports? How about exporting this report information for distribution with the MAILdb Report Viewer?

Couldn't be simpler. Just click to select any or all of these reporting options and MAILdb Robot will create them for you automatically.

 

The reports are created as the last steps of the job import process. This ensures that, even if you have specified entry point optimization as a MAILdb Robot option, the report information is always in agreement with the database.

You can Export all of your jobs in a similarly automated fashion. The MAILdb Robot will export all of the jobs in a specified MAILdb database to a directory of your choosing.

And you can automatically archive as well. You specify when a job qualifies to be archived by the number of days since it was last modified.

For example, you can specify that all jobs in the SampleDB database that have been dormant for at least 30 days should be archived.

When you start MAILdb Robot, it will continuously monitor the database and automatically archive any jobs that have been dormant for the specified period.

MAILdb Robot will automatically apply update information to selected jobs in a database as soon as that information becomes available.

You specify where the update information will be, which MAILdb database to update and where you would like the log files to be stored.

Every few seconds, MAILdb Robot will check the specified location for new update information. When new information is found, the MAILdb Batch Update function is invoked to update the jobs.

It's easy.   It's time-efficient.   And ... it's automatic.

If your operation processes a large number of Mail.dat files each day, then MAILdb Robot is your tool of choice for optimizing throughput and minimizing production bottlenecks.