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The U.S. Postal Service is withdrawing a notice in the Federal Register because its wording suggests that a plan to identify senders of bulk mail is the first step to identifying the senders of all mail. Stephen M. Kearney, vice president of pricing and classification for the Postal Service, said the notice “has caused misunderstanding in some quarters. Sender-Identified Mail: Enhanced Requirement for Discount Rate Mailings, a notice intended to clarify business customer information, will be reissued,” Mr. Kearney said in a statement.

The Postal Service has proposed a new rule requiring sender identification of discount-rate mail, which is considered the first step toward removing the anonymity of all mailings. Covered under the new proposal would be first-class mail, periodicals, standard mail or package-services mailing eligible for any discounted postage rate. The new proposed regulations were prompted by the anthrax mailings two years ago this month that killed five people and sickened 13 others. The sender was never caught.