| Volume 4, Issue 21 | February 12, 2002 |
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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#: C1P2301d1 - This one-page letter reminds all CODE-1 Plus and CODE-1 Plus Integrator Series 2.3.0 customers that they must upgrade to CODE-1 Plus 2.4.0 by February 1, 2002.
REF#: GTX3001d1 - This four-page letter announces the release of GeoTAX 3.0.0. Several new features included in this release are described in the letter. The Technical Notes are available for download in the Special Request Download area of the web site. The access code is provided in the letter.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS REF#: CPI151d2 - This two-page letter announces the release of CODE-1 Plus International 1.5.0.
REF#: C6P3002d1 - This one-page letter informs customers of a solution to the current problem in Canadian CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 (document ref# C6P300Bd2). A product update can be obtained form the Special Request Download area of the web site. The access code is provided in the letter.
REF#: SSC2311d2 - This one-page letter provides customers with information concerning a corrected defect in SortStream Canada 2.3.1. The software patch is available in the Special Request Download area of the web site. The access code is provided in the letter.
OTHER PRODUCTS REF#: DP42111d1 - This two-page letter announces the release of Dispatcher4 2.1.1. Technical Notes (DP42111d1TN.pdf) are also available on the Internet.
REF#: DP42111d1TN - This thirty-page document contains Technical Notes for Dispatcher4 2.1.1. This includes enhancements, defect corrections and information regarding the addition of the MailStream Plus Wizard.
POSTAL PRODUCTS REF#: MSP6331d2 - This two-page letter announces the release of MailStream Plus 6.3.3. MailStream Plus 6.3.3 Technical Notes (MSP633d2TN.pdf) and MailStream Plus 6.3.3 Dispatcher4 Technical Notes (MSP633d2GUI.pdf) are also available on the Internet.
REF#: MSP633d2TN - This seventeen-page document contains Technical Notes relative to MailStream Plus 6.3.3. These notes include regulatory changes, USPS Reference File Compatibility notes and general enhancements and defect corrections.
REF#: MSP633d2GUI - This seventeen-page document contains Technical Notes specific to the use of Dispatcher4 with MailStream Plus.
REF#: MSPG6332 - Greenbar listing for the February 2002 USPS Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
 Need to improve your knowledge of the Group 1 products you use? Looking to get more out of those same products? Interested in building a stronger network with other Group 1 customers? Join us at the Annual User's Conference in Chicago. As always, there will be an informative keynote speaker and an entertaining humorist along with case studies and new session tracks. These sessions range from beginner to advanced, tried and true to new and innovative. The conference will be held from July 10-12, 2002, at the Drake Hotel with Pre-Conference Intensives on July 8-9, 2002 including DOC1 training classes. Visit the Group 1 web site at www.g1.com/uconf for more information about the Conference, including online registration, additional information about the Drake and Pre-Conference Intensives descriptions. Watch for flyers with session information to be coming shortly. Let Group 1 help you "Build Better Business." The USPS has established a Merlin testing facility in Chicago where mailers can send sample pieces for Merlin barcode readability testing. The USPS will only accept samples for testing within 90 days of Merlin installation from mailers that have been notified they are receiving a Merlin machine in their DMU, or large national printers may request testing of other mail which the USPS may defer if other mailings from installed Merlin sites require use of resources. PostCom strongly urges mailers to begin submitting samples for testing as soon as allowed, so that barcode readability problems can be identified as early as possible and corrected before the postage adjustment phase begins. Once a Merlin machine is installed at a mailer's DMU, a 60-day grace period begins during which time the USPS will NOT assess additional postage for barcode readability failures. NOTE that the grace period only applies to barcode readability (and the USPS also will not assess additional postage for Line-of-Travel sequencing errors at this time). All other errors will be subject to additional postage as soon as Merlin installation is completed at a DMU. Below you will find the guidelines for MERLIN Barcode Readability Pre-testing Customer Mailings:General Process MERLIN Test Center Attention: Mitchell Filip, USPS 3400 W Pratt Ave Chicago IL 60712-3700 * This test does not preclude mail from being tested at time of mailing. This test is not a certification of barcode readability for this or any other mailpiece. ~Donna Hoffman, Administrative Director, PostCom
The Mail.dat 02-1 specifications book can now be ordered from IDEAlliance (formerly GCA). MailStream Plus will support Mail.dat 02-1 in the upcoming rate case release. The price for this publication is $55 for all members and $95 for all non-members. Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the book may contact IDEAlliance in the following ways: IDEAlliance Attn: Publications Department 100 Daingerfield Rd 4th floor Alexandria VA 22314 Web: www.idealliance.org/maildat. This web site may also have order forms that can be printed out and faxed or mailed to IDEAlliance. Phone orders: Please call Dave Kunkel in Publications Department at 703-837-1088. Fax: Please fax all orders to 703-837-1072. Email: pubs@idealliance.org Local User Group chapters provide a networking opportunity for Group 1 customers. Attend a meeting most convenient to you and meet fellow users of MailStream Plus, CODE-1 Plus, SortStream Canada, and many other Group 1 products. Meetings are informative and give users a chance to exchange ideas and knowledge on Group 1 products. 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. OHIO AREA
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Informative. Rewarding. Beneficial. These are only a few ways to describe Group 1's education classes. Classes are being offered in a variety of areas such as MailStream Plus and CODE-1 Plus (I'll add others if there are any). Don't miss out on this GREAT opportunity. For more information, visit our web site at www.g1.com/education.
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