| Volume 4, Issue 24 | March 29, 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 licenses the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement. GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION REF#: AAA003d1 - This one-page letter informs customers of an increase in the minimum supported version of OS/400 from V4R4 to V4R5.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS REF#: CPI153d1 - This one-page letter contains a description of the changes that were made in the database. The database should be installed as soon as possible.
REF#: NZ6_GB09 - Masterfile Greenbar listing for the April 2002 EZ-6/CUE masterfile. Details file names and sizes.
REF#: SSCG2314 - Masterfile Greenbar listing for the April 2002 CPC Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
REF#: SSC2312d1 - This one-page letter provides information concerning Defects 1-3157974 and 1-3070701. A product update is being provided via Special Request Downloads. The letter contains the access code.
REF#: SSC2313d1 - This one-page letter explains changing rate information from Canada Post Corporation. Special Request Download access codes are provided for both the new March CPC Reference File, which includes Admail and Lettermail rate changes, and the product update needed for use with the April CPC Reference File for those customers using Pubmail rates.
OTHER PRODUCTS REF#: DP42113d1 - This one-page letter makes customers aware of a problem on the Unix platform with Dispatcher4 2.1.1. A product update is available via Special Request Downloads and the access code is provided in the letter.
POSTAL PRODUCTS REF#: MSPG6334 - Greenbar listing for the April 2002 USPS Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
Who: Group 1 Software users What: Horizons 2002 When: July 10 - 12, 2002 Where: The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Why: Because we want your company to get the most out of Group 1's software. Horizons 2002 offers informative sessions for every user, ranging from beginner to advanced and tried-and-true to new and innovative. You will also want to stop by our Solutions Center to meet valued Group 1 business partners who provide hardware, software, and/or services to enhance your Group 1 products, as well as our Technical Help Center where you will find answers to your individual questions concerning Group 1 products. For more information about the Conference, including online registration, additional information about the hotel, Pre-Conference Intensives and Session Descriptions, visit the Group 1 Web site at www.g1.com/uconf.
The Postal Rate Commission recommended, sometime last week, that the U.S. Postal Service raise its rates an average of 7.7%. The increase is 1% less than what the USPS requested when it filed its proposal with the PRC last September 11. The new rates, expected to be authorized by the Board of Governors next month in Washington, could go into effect as early as June 30. It is believed that the rate case will generate approximately $4 billion in additional revenue for the cash-strapped USPS. Although the USPS lost $1.6 billion last year, postal officials anticipate this year's loss will be cut to $1.35 billion. While most rates will go up 7.7%, Standard Mail will increase 7.8% and nonprofit mail rates will rise 6.6%. The USPS originally requested a 7.3% hike for Standard Mail. Catalogers, mass mailers and other direct marketers that presort mailings by carrier route will see a 6.2% increase. However, nonprofits in this category face a 6.5% hike. The price of a First Class stamp will go up 3 cents to 37 cents and the postcard rate will increase 2 cents to 23 cents. The PRC also recommended a 13.5% rate increase for Priority Mail; a 9.4% boost for Express Mail; a rise of 6.4% for Parcel Post; and a 14.5% hike in post office box rental charges. The PRC based its recommendations on an agreement reached between rate case participants and postal officials earlier this year, according to chairman George Omas, who praised their actions. "This selfless attitude is a credit to the entire mailing industry," he said. Describing this rate case as "unique" because of that settlement agreement, Omas said the PRC's proposals are "intended to meet the needs of the postal service as identified prior to the terrorist and anthrax attacks of last fall," which cost the USPS an estimated $5 billion. ~Paul M. Alberta, Direct Newsline
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 on and knowledge of Group 1 products. They are also a great place to discuss what is happening in the industry and how it might affect your organization. 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. COLORADO
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Do you often find yourself looking for answers to questions regarding a particular product? If you are, attend one of the wonderful 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. Education classes are currently being offered in Maryland, California, and Illinois for a number of Group 1's products. For more information regarding our education classes, visit our Education department's web site at www.g1.com/education or call 800-859-4133.
. . . It has been proposed by the USPS that DMM A950 would be revised
to clarify that the mailer's signature on a postage statement certifies
that the mail meets the requirements for the rates claimed and to
change the requirements for filing Form 3553, Coding Accuracy
Support System (CASS) Summary Report. Mailers would no longer
be required to submit Form 3553 with each mailing. They would have
to retain the form on file for one year from the date of mailing
and make it available to the Postal Service on 24-hour notice. . . . A new, first-time palletization discount has been proposed. The discount would be for each addressed nonletter-size piece (flat-size and irregular parcel) prepared in packages on pallets that contain at least 250 pounds of mail (except overflow pallets). This discount would apply to all pallet levels, but not to pieces in sacks or trays on pallets. In addition to the per-piece pallet discount, a new destination
entry per-piece pallet discount would apply to each addressed piece
of nonletter-size mail (flats and irregular parcels) prepared in
packages on any destination entry pallet of at least 250 pounds
of mail (except overflow pallets). The discount is not available
for pieces in sacks or trays on pallets. . . .In the April CPC Postal Reference File, Canada Post Corporation updated and reformatted their NPS files with separate files for Incentive LetterMail. SortStream Canada 2.3.1 and the April databases support the NPS file changes and updates. ~Group 1 Product Management
Group 1 Software is proud to announce the upcoming releases of List Products: Merge/Purge Plus 6.4.2 for Open Systems List Conversion Plus 6.3.1 for Open Systems Business Merge/Purge Plus 6.1.1 on Unix and NT Generalized Selection Plus 6.2.0 on Unix and NT We anticipate shipping these products in the early April timeframe. If you are current on maintenance as of March 31, 2002, you will receive these products, along with Release Letters and Technical Notes. Thank you for your patience while we developed these products. Randy Knepp Technical Support Supervisor US Coding and List Products
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