ANK Link – USPS Definition
An enhancement to NCOALink software that allows authorized licenses to acquire 30 months of limited change-of-address data beyond the 18-month period of complete data available through NCOALink software. Although ANKLink software does not return the new address as done by NCOALink software, it indicates customer moves for addresses that have occurred in months 19 to 48, along with the move effective date. Although never written out, the initials ANK represent "Address Not Known."
ANK Link
An enhancement to NCOALink software that allows authorized licenses to acquire 30 months of limited change-of-address data beyond the 18-month period of complete data available through NCOALink software. Although ANKLink software does not return the new address as done by NCOALink software, it indicates customer moves for addresses that have occurred in months 19 to 48, along with the move effective date. Although never written out, the initials ANK represent “Address Not Known.”