A packaging assembly for wrapping mail items of differing sizes and each including at least one mail component or a stack of mail components, the packaging assembly comprising: - a mail item collecting assembly including a collecting conveyor and at least one feeder for dispatching individual mail components to the collecting conveyor so as to compose the mail items which are subsequently transported in a transport direction to a downstream end of the collecting conveyor; - a flow wrap station which is configured for wrapping a continuous web of material around the mail items, wherein the flow wrap station has an infeed end which connects to the downstream end of the collecting conveyor for subsequently placing on the continuous web the mail items composed in the collecting assembly, wherein the flow wrap station comprises a folding assembly configured to continuously fold the web around the mail items, thereby creating a folded web; - a cross sealing assembly which is positioned downstream of the folding assembly and is configured for cross sealing the folded web between the subsequently placed mail items and for separating from the folded web an intermediate mail product comprising a downstream mail item of the subsequently placed mail items and an associated web part; - a longitudinal sealing assembly for creating a longitudinal seal; characterized in that the flow wrap station is configured to create said folded web so as to have a single side fold which is positioned on a first side of the subsequently placed mail items, wherein the side fold extends in the transport direction; wherein the packaging assembly further comprises: - a measuring assembly for determining a transverse position of a second side of the mail item which is opposite the first side; and wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly has an infeed end which is positioned downstream of the cross sealing assembly, wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly is configured for creating a mail product by applying a longitudinal seal in each intermediate mail product at the second side of the mail item, wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly comprises a positioning assembly for controlling a transverse position of the longitudinal seal for each intermediate mail product, wherein the transverse position of the longitudinal seal is determined by the transverse position of the second side of the mail item. - a mail item collecting assembly including a collecting conveyor and at least one feeder for dispatching individual mail components to the collecting conveyor so as to compose the mail items which are subsequently transported in a transport direction to a downstream end of the collecting conveyor; - a flow wrap station which is configured for wrapping a continuous web of material around the mail items, wherein the flow wrap station has an infeed end which connects to the downstream end of the collecting conveyor for subsequently placing on the continuous web the mail items composed in the collecting assembly, wherein the flow wrap station comprises a folding assembly configured to continuously fold the web around the mail items, thereby creating a folded web; - a cross sealing assembly which is positioned downstream of the folding assembly and is configured for cross sealing the folded web between the subsequently placed mail items and for separating from the folded web an intermediate mail product comprising a downstream mail item of the subsequently placed mail items and an associated web part; - a longitudinal sealing assembly for creating a longitudinal seal; the flow wrap station is configured to create said folded web so as to have a single side fold which is positioned on a first side of the subsequently placed mail items, wherein the side fold extends in the transport direction; wherein the packaging assembly further comprises: - a measuring assembly for determining a transverse position of a second side of the mail item which is opposite the first side; and - a measuring assembly for determining a transverse position of a second side of the mail item which is opposite the first side; and wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly has an infeed end which is positioned downstream of the cross sealing assembly, wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly is configured for creating a mail product by applying a longitudinal seal in each intermediate mail product at the second side of the mail item, wherein the longitudinal sealing assembly comprises a positioning assembly for controlling a transverse position of the longitudinal seal for each intermediate mail product, wherein the transverse position of the longitudinal seal is determined by the transverse position of the second side of the mail item.