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Welcome to Royal Mail's online technical resource centre for our Inland products, including Mailsort, Presstream and Walksort, as well as our International products.

International Bulk Mail service is for sending mail abroad either as part of an Inland mailing or as a mailing in it's own right. You'll also find details for Zone & Format and Destination Sort here.

Downloads

A range of files are available to download. Click here for more information, or select from the following options:

  • Mailsort Database Mailsort Database 2007 Release 1 - issued on 23rd April 2007
  • Mailsort User Guide (inc International Bulk Mail)
  • CFL Database
  • Walksort Database
  • Price Calculator
  • Royal Mail Barcode Font
  • Summary of Changes to Mailsort User Guide
  • International Mailsort Database


  • Software testing

    A free service for checking Mailsort, Walksort, Mailsort/International Bulk and Walksort/International Bulk Software.

    This service is designed to test software which has been written to sort addresses for Mailsort 1400, Mailsort 700 (CBC), Mailsort 120 (CBC or OCR), Presstream or Walksort.

    International Bulk Mail Software a free service for testing software which processes either both Inland and International elements or International elements on their own.

    Suppliers directory

    Directory of software suppliers.

    Tested and validated - but not recommended - by Royal Mail, this directory contains lists of Mailsort / Walksort bureaux and software suppliers and details of each service or product.

    General information

    General information on specific aspects of Royal Mail's Mailsort products.

    This section currently includes answers to some of our most Frequently Asked Questions, the Latest Posting Times for Mailsort, Presstream and Walksort users, details of Royal Mail's Quality Assurance Process.


    Also, this section includes a table detailing International Delivery Speeds for International Bulk Mail.

    Pricing information

    Pricing information for Mailsort, Walksort and Presstream services.

    Tariff details and an interactive pricing calculator to determine the Royal Mail services which are appropriate for a particular mailing and the estimated cost of each option.


    PSD and PV Pricing

    Pricing calculator for PSD and PV products.

    Pre-sorted Delivery calculator Postal Voting calculator.


    Royal Mail Tracked™ pricing calculator

    Pricing calculator for Royal Mail Tracked™ product.

    Royal Mail Tracked™ calculator.


    Contact us

    A Royal Mail account manager for general queries and orders of Mailsort or Walksort Databases on disk.

    The Technical Helpline for technical queries and software accreditation.


    My Account

    Registered users can change the information entered during the registration process.

    Change Details change your contact details.
    Change password change your password.
    Change Preferences change the email updates you receive.
    Password Reminder email you back your password.