Seed records are artificially manufactured addresses provided as part of the DPV option. There are approximately 5 million seed records residing in a false-positive (seed violation) table to prevent list creation. For each negative response that occurs during DPV processing, a query must be made to the false-positive (seed violation) table. A match to this table stops DPV processing with the following error message:
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*DPV PROCESSING WAS TERMINATED DUE TO THE DETECTION OF WHAT IS DETERMINED *
*TO BE AN ARTIFICIALLY CREATED ADDRESS. NO ADDRESS BEYOND THIS POINT HAS *
*BEEN DPV VALIDATED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN USPS *
*AND Precisely, DPV SHALL BE USED TO VALIDATE LEGITIMATELY OBTAINED *
*ADDRESSES ONLY, AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARTIFICIALLY *
*CREATING ADDRESS LISTS. THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN Precisely AND *
*ANY CUSTOMER OF Precisely SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THIS SAME RESTRICTION *
*AGAINST USING DPV TO ARTIFICIALLY CREATE ADDRESS LISTS. CONTINUING USE OF *
*DPV REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH ALL TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU *
*BELIEVE THIS ADDRESS WAS IDENTIFIED IN ERROR, PLEASE CONTACT Precisely. *
* *
****************************************************************************************Note: To continue DPV processing, you must provide the Seed Code listed in the error
message to Precisely Technical Support to receive a new license key that allows you to
continue DPV processing.