Open a PostalMethods developer account
Open a free PostalMethods developer account. All you're required to supply is your email address, a requested username and a password.
The free developer account will allow you to simulate the sending of letters through PostalMethods. You will get access to a fully functional control panel working in "Development Mode" (check out the top right corner of your control panel screen once you have access - you can see your mode at any time).
You can do almost everything that a live account can do, including:
- Submit messages for web-to-postal messaging via SMTP, XML Web Service, and HTTP POST.
- Review the image of a letter through the control panel.
- Check the status of a message through the control panel (we simulate a successful delivery).
- Query the status of a message via XML Web Service and HTTP POST.
- Set user preferences - define permissions, stationery types, defaults, etc.
- Turn your account into a live account in "Production Mode" by buying a prepaid package from within the control panel.
The only thing you can't do with a free developer account is to send a live letter.
Developer?
Get a full development account, for free:
What's included?
- Free and unlimited account
- No credit card required
- View and track your mail online
- Code samples for many environments
- Free, high-level and quick support
- Limitation: mail posting is only simulated
- To send mail, just add funds to your account. No need for code changes
Recent Forum Activity
Word 2007 Mail Merge Add-In installation problem
I'm getting an error when attempting to install the Add-In into my Word 2007(see details below). I noticed that it never asked me to login with my Postal Methods account as indicated in step 5 of the installation instructions. I also tried running the installation file as administrator. I've also tried uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling.
API GetPDF
I am purely in the testing phase but I have noticed that sometimes when I send a postcard and then pull down the PDF the postcard includes the address and stamp and sometimes it does not. But there is no rhyme or reason as far as I can tell. Any help on this? I can send in an example of each if necessary.
Postal Methods Changing the given address
So we sent out thousands of letters and started getting some of them returned as undeliverable. It turns out that postal methods changed the address. In one example we sent the address:
PO BOX 543
BOSTON MA 02199
UNITED STATES
and postal methods change this to:
PO BOX 170731
BOSTON MA 02117-0961
it deleted the country as well.
Why is this happening?