| Volume 5, Issue 5 | June 18, 2002 |
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This NewsCast is being provided to you as part of your Group 1 product maintenance and support plan. It is not intended for distribution outside of your Group 1 user base. Group 1 has taken the best security measures possible to protect your identity on this announce-only distribution list. 
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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. CODING PRODUCTS REF#: C1P25GB6 - Greenbar listing for the June 2002 US Postal Database Version 2.5. Details load counts.
REF#: C1P2506d1 - This three-page letter announces the release of CODE-1 Plus 2.5.0. This letter contains a summary of the new features included in the release as well as important CASS information. The Special Request Download access code for the Technical Notes is also included in the letter.
OTHER PRODUCTS REF#: DP42146d1 - This one-page letter announces the release of Dispatcher4 2.1.4. Technical Notes can be found in the Documentation Downloads area of the Web site under Technical Product Information. It is highly recommended that you read the Technical Notes prior to implementation.
Local User Groups are an integral part of Group 1 Software. With 17 groups located throughout the United States, many opportunities are available where users can meet and discuss important topics concerning their company and Group 1 Software. Meetings provide a method for addressing concerns and sharing ideas. It is a great way to bring new information back to your company. Review the list below and attend the meeting that is the most convenient for you. 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
Group 1 is pleased to announce that you can now request your existing User ID and password be automatically e-mailed to you, without the need to contact Technical Support. The link to this new service can be found on the login page for support. This functionality was introduced in anticipation of License Management, where customers will be required to log into the Web site to obtain their license keys. In case you were wondering about the security of this new functionality . . .in order for you to receive a reply, your e-mail address MUST be in our Siebel customer database as part of your Contact record. There must be an exact match; however, the data is not case sensitive. Contact records, as well as Account records, must also be active. As an added benefit, if you are listed as a Contact under multiple Account records, all of your IDs and passwords will be mailed to you in a single message. Further, the e-mail message is only sent to the address that is entered; so someone would need to have access to your e-mail account in order to obtain your login information.
. . . Group 1 is very proud to announce that we are still the only software vendor on the list of PAVE-Certified* companies for Cycle F, a.k.a "The Rate Case." This certainly underscores our commitment to providing you, our customers, with the best software we can in an expeditious manner. * Click here to view a complete list of presort categories for which we have received certification. . . . All Canadian CODE-1 Plus customers must be running on a
3.0.x version of the software. If you are currently running a version
of the software that is less than 3.0.x, you must immediately implement
the 3.0.x software in order to comply with Canada Post Corporation
(CPC) SERP address validation software regulations. Statement of
Accuracy (SOA)'s presented to CPC without a software version of
3.0.x could pose potential postal penalties by CPC. Users of EZ-6/CUE
for SERP SOA's must present SOA to CPC with execution run dates
and databases before June 1, 2002 in order to be valid. Any SOA's
after June 1 must use Canadian CODE-1 Plus Version 3.0.X.
The Group 1 University is always offering great educational opportunities for our customers. Horizons 2002 is yet another chance to take advantage of these offerings. If you attend the User's Conference on July 10 - 12, you can take one of the Pre-Conference Intensives being offered on July 8 and 9, free. Just pre-register with Janice Broadway at Janice_Broadway@g1.com. You can choose between CODE-1 Plus or Fundamentals of Mail (Automation Discounts) on July 8, and MailStream Plus or Merge/Purge Plus on July 9. For more information concerning our regularly scheduled education classes or those not listed below, visit our Education department's Web site at www.g1.com/education or call us at 1-800-859-4133.
That's right! Group 1's 21st Annual Users Conference is just around the corner and many new and exciting events have been scheduled. Expand your horizons, learn about the latest developments form Group 1 vendors, business partners, and software integrators. Stop by the Solutions Center and speak with Representatives from Horizon Keystone Financial, Claritas, The Modeling Agency, Data Junction, Geographic Data Technology, and many others. Take a break and relax Thursday night at the "Block Party." Enjoy good food and live entertainment. It is a great way to network with the Group 1 staff and other users.
Group 1 uses License Management to help administer its agreements with our customers, as well as with the USPS. Group 1 has implemented the license management system to monitor transaction counts or volume, and regulatory compliance. Failure to adhere to license restrictions WILL result in the disabling of the software product until compliance is achieved. CODE-1 Plus now requires you to install some files with read/write access and execute software on your host system. Group 1 has the right to request system audits and reports to provide you with updated license keys. In order to prevent any interruptions in your business operations, we have made it easy for you to obtain any license upgrade that may be necessary. Please contact your Sales Executive so that your software license may be appropriately modified without interruption of service. Group 1 typically provides you with a temporary license key at initial installation, which allows you to install the Group 1 product and to prepare your production environment before you obtain a permanent license key. Refer to your "What's New in CODE-1 Plus 2.5" guide for instructions on loading the temporary key and obtaining a permanent key. You may also visit our Support website for a list of Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to License Management. Please note that Group 1 currently offers unlimited license agreements for most of our core products, including CODE-1 Plus, which eliminates any license restrictions.
The U. S. Postal Service on May 31 published in the Federal Register an advance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment on several proposals to reduce the volume of undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail. The USPS intends to extend the Move Update requirement for presorted rate mailings beyond First-Class Mail to also include Periodicals, Standard Mail and Package Services; to reduce from 180 days to 90 days the window a mailer has to process addresses through a USPS-approved Move Update process prior to the mailing date; and to remove manual notifications from ancillary service endorsements as a stand-alone option to satisfy the Move Update requirement. Also being considered is a requirement for more frequent use of address matching software and a requirement for that software to utilize more current address matching directories. The Postal Service plans to give due notice of these changes with an intended implementation date of no sooner than 18 months from now, and is seeing comments from mailers on the proposed changes. Comments to the Postal Service's proposed changes are due no later than August 29 and should be delivered to the Office of Product Management - Addressing, National Customer Support Center, USPS, 6060 Primacy Pkwy., Ste 201, Memphis, TN 38188-0001. The USPS also will accept comments via fax at 901-821-6206 or via e-mail to chunt1@email.usps.gov. In particular, the Postal Service seeks comments on the intended implementation time of not less than 18 months; the extension of the Move Update requirement for presorted rate mailings to Periodicals, Standard Mail and Package Services mailers; the impact to mailers who currently use manual ancillary service endorsements as an option to satisfy the Move Update requirement; and the impact of more frequent use of Move Update and address matching software. Contact PostCom at 703-524-0096 to obtain a copy of the USPS' proposed changes or for additional information. Questions should be directed to Wayne Orbke, USPS, at 901-681-4658 or Charles Hunt, USPS, at 901-681-4651. ~ POSTCOM BULLETIN 24-02, JUNE 7, 2002
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