• DSF² Delivery Type
• DSF² Footnotes

DSF² Delivery Type

The Delivery Type Code categorizes (i.e. residential, business, etc.) and describes the type of delivery services associated with the address.

B = Residential NDCBU - a residential delivery point that is serviced by cluster boxes, also known as Neighborhood Delivery and Collection Box Units (NDCBU).

C = Residential Central - a residential delivery within a building that has two or more ZIP + 4^® codes assigned to a bank of boxes or floors.

D = Residential Other - A residential delivery point serviced by something other than Curb, NDCBU, PO Box or NPU. Examples of this type of delivery include door-to-door and door-slot delivery.

E = Residential Facility Box - A PO Box for a residential customer who is located in a postal facility.

F = Residential Contract Box - A PO Box for a residential customer who is located in a contract unit.

G = Residential Detached Box - A mail box for a residential customer who is not located in a Post Office™ or contract unit.

H = Residential Non-Personnel Unit - A residential delivery point serviced by a self-service postal center which furnishes delivery and collection of mail services. Mail is delivered to mail boxes similar to PO Boxes.

I = Business Curb - a business delivery with a mail receptacle at the curb.

J = Business NDCBU - a business delivery point that is serviced by cluster boxes, also known as Neighborhood Delivery and Collection Box Units (NDCBU).

K = Business Central - a business delivery within a building that has two or more ZIP + 4 codes assigned to a bank of boxes or floors.

L = Business Other - A business delivery point serviced by something other than Curb, NDCBU, PO Box or NPU. Examples of this type of delivery include door-to-door and door-slot delivery.

M = Business Facility Box - A PO Box for a business customer who is located in a postal facility.

N = Business Contract Box - A PO Box for a business customer who is located in a contract unit.

O = Business Detached Box - A mail box for a business customer who is not located in a Post Office or contract unit.

P = Business Non-Personnel Unit - A business delivery point serviced by a self-service postal center which furnishes delivery and collection of mail services. Mail is delivered to mail boxes similar to PO Boxes.

Q = General Delivery

X = Exclude from Delivery Statistics - This record is not counted when tabulating carrier delivery statistics. Matches made to records which contain an "X" will not contain the "best depth of code".

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SF_AA DSF_A1 DSF_A2 DSF_A3 DSF_BB DSF_B1 DSF_B2 DSF_B3 DSF_CC DSF_D

DSF_E DSF_F DSF_G DSF_H DSF_J DSF_K DSF_K1 DSF_K2 DSF_L DSF_M1

DSF_M2 DSF_M3 DSF_M4 DSF_N1 DSF_N2 DSF_P1 DSF_P2 DSF_Q1 DSF_Q2 DSF_Group

SF_AA
Matched to the ZIP + 4 File.

DSF_A1
Not matched to the ZIP + 4 File.

DSF_A2
Alias street name matched to base street name on the ZIP + 4 File.

DSF_A3
A match was made to an alternate record on the ZIP + 4 File.

DSF_BB
Matched to the DSF² File.

DSF_B1
No acceptable match made to the DSF² File.

DSF_B2
Alias street name matched to base street name on DSF².

DSF_B3 A match was made to an alternate record on the DSF² File.

DSF_CC
Matched to the DSF² file, but address is missing or contains invalid secondary address information.

DSF_D
Corrected city and/or state.

DSF_E
Corrected primary address.

DSF_F
Corrected secondary address data.

DSF_G
Delivery Point Vacant

DSF_H
ZIP Code™ changed

DSF_J
Failure to match last line of address.

DSF_K
Multiple match in primary address field.

DSF_K1
Multiple match due to missing or incorrect directional(s).

DSF_K2
Multiple match due to missing or incorrect suffix.

DSF_L
Multiple match in secondary address.

DSF_M1
Missing street number.

DSF_M2
Address not found.

DSF_M3
No such primary number.

DSF_M4
Firm name not matched.

DSF_N1
Missing secondary address number for an address located within a highrise.

DSF_N2
Secondary number not found.

DSF_P1
Missing rural route or highway contract box number.

DSF_P2
Rural route or highway contract box number not found.

DSF_Q1
Missing PO Box number.

DSF_Q2
PO Box number not found.

DSF_Group
This field will be blank unless the DSF² Grouping Job Option is requested for DSF² processing. The DSF² Grouping Job option is Donnelley Marketing Inc.'s proprietary logic that provides a deliverability scoring to all records on the file. This deliverability code will help mailers identify problem addresses on a file.

1 = Potentially Undeliverable
2 = Questionable
3 = Changed, Good Deliverable
4 = Good Deliverable