Patent ID: 7930062

Claim:
A mail processing system comprising: a postage verifier configured to verify postage on mail and having an output; an interface comprising: a reverter configured to orient mail received from the output of the postage verifier, to receive mail type information from the postage verifier, and perform one of sorting mail and selecting at least one specific mail type for placement into one or more stackers, a first mail carrying module configured to receive oriented mail from the reverter, a transport configured to receive mail from the first mail carrying module, and a second mail carrying module configured to receive mail from the transport; a mail sorter having a feeder, the mail sorter configured to receive mail from the second mail carrying module and the feeder; and a machine control system for selecting a mail input source for the mail sorter, wherein the mail input source comprises one of the second mail carrying module and the feeder, wherein the transport is positioned at a height above the output of the postage verifier.