| Volume 4, Issue 17 | November 28, 2001 |
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Group 1 recently sent the documents listed below to the primary user contacts on a maintenance plan via mass fax, mail, or with your product shipment. You may find these and other documents at www.g1.com/support. (Please have your user ID and password handy.) For our Fax-on Demand system (FOD), please call 301-918-0781 and select menu option 4 to retrieve the document number indicated below. For LISTSERV, visit the Technical Support - Electronic Product Notification area of our web site to subscribe at www.g1.com/support. On our web site customers may NOT have access to all information listed below. It is only accessible if your company owns the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement. CODING PRODUCTS REF#: AAA00Bd1 - This one-page letter alerts customers to a problem with the US Postal Database for November. Please return to the October Database. The USPS will correct the problem with the December files.
REF#: AAA00Bd2 - This one-page letter retracts the previously sent notice concerning the November US Postal Database.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS REF#: ICC300Bd1 - This one-page letter alerts customers to a problem with operating release 3.0.0. Work is progressing on this problem and new software will be shipped.
REF#: CCS300Bd1 - This one-page letter alerts customers to a problem when operating release 3.0.0. Work is progressing on this problem and new software will be shipped.
REF#: C6P300Bd2 - This two-page letter alerts customers to several defects that have been found in Canadian CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0. A software patch will be available through Special Request Download only within the next few weeks.
 Do you often find yourself looking for answers to questions regarding a particular product? If you are, attend one of the many education classes Group 1 University is currently offering. Don't miss out on this opportunity to bring new and useful information back to your company. Visit our Education department at www.g1.com/education for a more complete listing of classes currently being offered or call 800-859-4133 for more information.
. . . According to the USPS PAVE Department, "PAVE testing for Cycle F will be based on the timeline of R2001-1. It is our GOAL to begin testing as early as possible - hopefully at least 120 days before implementation. Of course this is dependent on decisions made by the Board of Governors - which is out of our control." Group 1 has been meeting and reviewing the proposed rate case changes. Users interested in the rate case may obtain more information from www.usps.gov, www.prc.gov or participation from any industry association. . . . Group 1 recently attended the IDEAlliance (formerly GCA) Addressing/Distribution Joint Meeting with the US Postal Service. At that meeting, Jerry Cerasale, DMA Sr. Vice President of Government Affairs, mentioned that 92% of DMA members say no change in mailing schedules based on initial rate case filing. Cerasale also commented on Rate Case Settlement proposals. According to members, it is not a matter of whether there is a rate case, it is a matter of when the rate case is going to happen. . . . Mailers are asked to send an email to 100FLATS@EMAIL.USPS.GOV if your mailings have experience damaged covers. The USPS needs input from industry users on the characteristics of your mailing and is trying to identify the problem areas in the mailing production. . . . Attention CODE-1 Plus Customers. By now you should be using CODE-1 Plus version 2.4.0 which was released in the Spring of this year. If you are still using CODE-1 Plus 2.3.0, please be aware that this version will cease to function on February 1st, 2002. It is highly recommended that you upgrade to version 2.4.0 if you haven't already done so, to avoid an unnecessary interruption of service.
Group 1 eSupport is pleased to announce a major upgrade to the
Documentation area of our Support website. The "traditional" listing
of documentation is still there, but with a lot of new enhancements.
Please view this presentation for a snapshot of the changes --
here's a quick list of what's in there:
Local User Groups are a terrific way to enhance your knowledge of Group 1 products. Attend a meeting most convenient to you and meet fellow users of MailStream Plus, CODE-1 Plus, Dispatcher4, as well as many others. Take this time to share ideas and learn something new. Local User Group chapters are open to ALL Group 1 customers. Membership and registration are handled on a local level. Group 1 clients are invited and encouraged to join the group of their choice. DENVER AREA
INDIANA
OHIO AREA
PHILADELPHIA AREA
Beginning in late December with the release of the January subscription databases for CODE-1 Plus, MailStream Plus, Canadian CODE-1 Plus, and Mail Canada Plus, products will be available for Internet downloading as well as the normal distribution of the databases on media. Each "Ship To" contact holding a valid subscription license and a valid email address or fax number will be notified via email or fax the minute that their subscription database becomes available for downloading from the website. This email/fax message will provide database information, instructions, and the direct links to the appropriate product and download page. For those of you concerned about download times, here is a rough estimate of the size of the compressed databases:
You download the appropriate database to an Intel based PC. Uncompress the downloaded file, transfer uncompressed file(s) to the target platform, and install per provided instructions. Quick and simple - beats the media delivery by up to three days or more. Product Distribution Services (PDS), as always, seeks your input regarding this new feature. We would like details: your likes, your dislikes, any suggestions, etc. Please email all comments to pds@g1.com. This new feature will be expanded to include additional databases based on a positive reaction from you, our customers.
Group 1 Software recently announced that it has joined the Business Partner Program of Redlands, California-based ESRI, the world leader in GIS software. With this agreement, ArcIMS, ESRI's GIS for the Internet, will be integrated into Group 1's DM1 enterprise marketing automation system. The integration of ArcIMS with Group 1's DM1 enterprise marketing automation solution provides a gateway to increased customer understanding, service and retention through powerful mapping, data visualization, site location, and routing capabilities. ArcIMS enables users to integrate local data sources with Internet data sources for display, query, and analysis in an easy-to-use Web browser. DM1 offers essential data hygiene and enhancement capabilities by integrating Group 1's leading data quality solutions and provides analysis through ad hoc query and OLAP (on-line analytical processing) tools, data visualization, modeling and reporting, and campaign management. With this new and robust mapping functionality, DM1 users can develop a profile of best customers by physical address, measure store performance by geography, or conduct drive-time analyses to guide site location. "This alliance with ESRI will enable us to strengthen significantly our mapping and data visualization capabilities, integral components of DM1," said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. "With this innovative technology, our customers can develop, execute and measure marketing campaigns more effectively." "We are excited that Group 1 has joined the ESRI Business Partner Program," said Dave Wieseler, director of ESRI's Business Partner Program. "The powerful combination of Group 1's data quality solutions and ESRI's leading GIS products provide enhanced intelligence for more focused target marketing efforts."
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