MPS Original Specification
The MPS ORIGINAL file will contain name and address as well as information detailing the action to be taken - whether to remove the individual, include the individual in certain mailings etc.
There are two data file formats - Fixed format and Ascii Comma Delimited.
The file layouts are illustrated below.
| Position | Length | Content |
| 1 | 1 | R = remove this person from your mailings X = deceased person, remove this record from your mailing list I = this person has requested inclusion in mailings provided they fall into one of the selected interest categories |
| 2 - 9 | 8 | Date of request DDMMCCYY |
| 10 - 17 | 8 | Inclusions - Interest Categories (*this field
is left-justified) A = has requested Category A (Home) B = has requested Category B (Leisure) C = has requested Category C (Clothing) D = has requested Category D (Financial) E = has requested Category E (Sport) F = has requested Category F (Travel) G = has requested Category G (Children) H = has requested Category H (Community Service) |
| 18 - 23 | 6 | Available for new categories I to N in the future |
| 24 - 27 | 4 | Prefix |
| 28 - 30 | 3 | Initials |
| 31 - 51 | 21 | Surname |
| 52 - 55 | 4 | Suffix |
| 56 - 87 | 32 | Address Line 1 |
| 88 - 119 | 32 | Address Line 2 |
| 120 - 151 | 32 | Address Line 3 |
| 152 - 176 | 25 | Town |
| 177 - 196 | 20 | County |
| 197 - 204 | 8 | Postcode |
| 205 - 206 | 2 | DPS (Delivery Point Suffix) |
The above record format pertains to the Fixed format data file. The Ascii comma separated format will follow the sequence above with the maximum length indicated by the 'Length' column. Each field in the CSV format will be 'text qualified' with double quotes (")