Postalone mail.dat

A blast from the past!

postalone mail.dat is a file format used by the PostScript language, which was widely used in the 1980s and 1990s for printing and document formatting.

mail.dat is a specific file format used by the PostScript language to represent a mail piece, such as a letter or an envelope. The file contains information about the mail piece, including the sender's and recipient's addresses, the contents of the mail piece, and any additional information such as postage stamps or barcodes.

Here is an example of what a mail.dat file might look like:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
%%Pages: 1
%%PageLayout: SinglePage
%%PageOrder: Ascend
%%PageSetup: 0 0 612 792
%%PaperSize: 8.5 11
%%PaperOrientation: Portrait
%%PaperType: Letter
%%Font: Courier
%%FontSize: 12
%%FontStyle: Regular
%%FontWeight: Normal
%%Text: (From: John Doe)
%%Text: (To: Jane Smith)
%%Text: (Date: 2023-02-20)
%%Text: (Subject: Test Mail Piece)
%%End

This file contains information about the mail piece, including the sender's and recipient's names, the date, and the subject. It also specifies the font, font size, and font style used in the mail piece.

postalone is a command-line tool that can be used to create and manipulate mail.dat files. It is often used in conjunction with other PostScript tools, such as Ghostscript, to create and print mail pieces.