Patent ID: 8756070

Claim:
A method of certifying a mail system, the method comprising: receiving a certification request for a mail system used to create mailing manifests, wherein the certification request comprises system information related,to the mail system; providing test information to the mail system; receiving a manifest generated by the mail system; determining an accuracy of the manifest based on the test information; assigning a first certification level to the mail system when the system information specifies that the mail system includes software and the accuracy of the manifest exceeds a first threshold, wherein the first certification level indicates that received mailpieces listed on one or more future manifests created by the mail system are to be sampled at a first predetermined frequency; and assigning a second certification level to the mail system when the system information specifies that the mail system includes software and hardware, and the accuracy of the manifest exceeds a second threshold, wherein the second certification level indicates that the received tailpieces listed on the one or more future manifests created by the mail system are to be sampled at a second predetermined frequency.