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 List Services, visit the Technical Support - List Services 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#: C1P26GBB - Greenbar listing for the November 2003 US Postal Database. Details load counts.

LOC: WEB and FOD #6150

DIST: Web and FOD only

PLAT: IBM Mainframe

REF#: DPV260GB - Greenbar listing for the November 2003 Delivery Point Validation Version 2.6.0 Details load counts.

LOC: WEB and FOD #6152

DIST: Web and FOD only

PLAT: IBM Mainframe

REF#: GPz500S1B03 - This one-page letter informs customers of the availability of Product Update S01 for Geographic Coding Plus. S01 corrects defect 1-6785515 in which invoking Geographic Coding Plus 5.0.0 from CODE-1 Plus 2.6.0 results in an infinite loop. This impacts iSeries customers only. This Product Update is available for download from the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.

LOC: WEB and FOD #5322

DIST: Mass Fax

PLAT: iSeries

LIST SERVICES: N/A

REF#: GTX320S1B03 - This one-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S01 for GeoTAX 3.2.0 for the MVS platform only. This Product Update is available for download from the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Documentation, Technical Product Info. A ReadMe file is included in the download.

LOC: WEB and FOD #5411

DIST: Mass Fax

PLAT: MVS

LIST SERVICES: Coding Products

REF#: AAA000T3B03 - This two-page letter informs customers that Group 1 will be discontinuing support for the UNISYS platform as of May 1, 2004.

LOC: WEB and FOD #7428

DIST: Mass Fax

PLAT: UNISYS

LIST SERVICES: N/A

GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION

REF#: AAA000T2B03 - This one-page letter announces support for the z/OS.e operating system.

LOC: WEB and FOD #4105

DIST: Mass Fax

PLAT: MVS

LIST SERVICES: N/A

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS

REF#: SSSG240C - Greenbar listing for the December 2003 CPC Reference File. Details file names and sizes.

LOC: WEB and FOD #6364

DIST: Web and FOD only

PLAT: IBM Mainframe

LIST PRODUCTS

REF#: ZKz650RAB03 - This two-page letter announces the release of EZ-Case Plus 6.5.0. It is highly recommended that you review the Technical Notes that correspond with this release. Technical Notes are available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Documentation, Technical Product Info. These Technical Notes contain information about new features, software changes, and and defect corrections.

LOC: WEB and FOD #7502

DIST: In the Box

PLAT: All

LIST SERVICES: List Products

REF#: ZKz650S1B03 - This one-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S01 for EZ-Case Plus 6.5.0. S01 corrects defect 1-7482201. This impacts NT and UNIX customers only. This Product Update is available for download from the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.

LOC: WEB and FOD #7505

DIST: Mass Fax

PLAT: NT & UNIX

LIST SERVICES: List Products

The following documents have recently been posted to the Pending Product Updates area of the Group 1 Support site. Once a Product Update becomes available, Group 1 will notify the primary user contact for that product via mass fax. You may find these and other documents at www.g1.com/support/. (Please have your user ID and password handy.)

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#: GTX320S2A03 - This one-page letter contains details regarding the Pending Product Update S02 for GeoTAX 3.2.0 for all platforms. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.

DIST: Will be mass-faxed upon availability

PLAT: All

Anticipated Availability of S01: 11/13/2003

POSTAL PRODUCTS

REF#: MUz636S1A03 - This one-page letter contains detail regarding the Pending Product Update S01 for MailStream Plus 6.3.6/Palletization Plus 6.3.6 for all platforms. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates. Only Palletization Plus customers will need to download this Product Update when it is available.

DIST: Will be mass-faxed upon availability

PLAT: All

Anticipated Availability of S01: 11/26/2003

Local User Group meeting are a great place to exchange information, share you ideas with others and learn more about Group 1 products. Please check the listings below and attend the meeting that is 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 AREA

Location:	Banc One Center, Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio
Date:	Thursday, December 18, 2003
Time:	2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Topic:	TBA
Contact:	Scott Saffell - scott_w_saffell@bankone.com and Jane Damschroder - jdamschroder@checkfree.com

Please click here for a summary of the September 25, 2003 meeting.

PENNSYLVANIA AREA

Location:	UGI Utilities, Inc, 225 Morgantown Rd, Reading PA
Date:	Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Time:	9:00 a.m.
Topic:	Kim Fleming from Vanguard will be presenting a case study on DOC1. There will also be a guest speaker from Group 1 to give an overview of DOC1.
Contact:	Susan Miller - smmiller@ugi.com

Please click here for a summary of the September 24, 2003 meeting.

Group 1 University is currently offering a variety of education classes in Maryland, California and Illinois for a number of Group 1 products. Don't miss the opportunity to bring something new and informative back to your company. For more information, visit Group 1 University's Web site at http://www.g1.com/education or give us a call at 1-800-859-4133.

December 15-16, 2003	CODE-1 Plus - eLearning	eLearning - $500/student
November 17, 2003	Merge/Purge Plus - eLearning	eLearning - $250/student
November 18-19, 2003	MailStream Plus - eLearning	eLearning - $375/student

The following Public Seminars are currently being offered:

December 2-3, 2003 December 16-17, 2003	CODE-1 Plus	$1000/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
December 4-5, 2003 December 18-19, 2003	MailStream Plus	$750/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
December 1, 2003 December 15, 2003	Merge/Purge Plus	$500/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
Call for December Dates	List Conversion	$500/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
Call for December Dates	Generalized Selection	$500/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
Call for December Dates	Business Merge/Purge Plus	$500/student	Maryland, California, Illinois
Call for December Dates	Advanced MailStream Plus	$500/student	Maryland, California, Illinois

. . . Group 1 Software is a certified interface vendor for the USPS Residential Delivery Indicator interface. If you are a parcel shipper and want to perform any rate analysis, visit http://ribbs.usps.gov/files/RDI/.

. . . The License Management area of the Group 1 Support site has recently been modified. A new section has been added that provides a listing of which products use the new distributed architecture called "LESLIE" and which use the traditional architecture. To access the Licensed Managed Products Listing, go to http://www.g1.com, login to Support, License Management, License Managed Products Listing.

LINUX

Effective January 1, 2004, Red Hat will be discontinuing maintenance for the 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0 versions of their Red Hat Linux product offerings. In order to stay current with the direction of this operating system vendor and to continue providing state-of-the-art software for your Red Hat Linux platform, Group 1 Software has found it necessary to increase the minimum supported level of Red Hat Linux for all our products to Enterprise Linux version 2.1. All currently released Group 1 products will run on Enterprise Linux version 2.1 after upgrading your operating system. There is no need to reinstall your products.

If you are currently operating on any version of Red Hat Linux below Enterprise Linux 2.1, please make plans to transition to this new version before January 1, 2004, in order to continue receiving technical support from Group 1.

Mainframe - MVS

Group 1 Software has added support for the z/OS.e operating system. If you are a current MVS customer and are considering implementing z/OS.e in your production environment, your current Group 1 MVS Language Environment compliant software can be run in batch mode only on the z/OS.e operating system with a few modifications to your production JCL. If you are currently running a Group 1 legacy product written in assembler, this product will install and execute under z/OS.e without modification.

For detailed instructions on JCL modifications as well as instructions on how to implement G1LEINIT on your z/OS.e system, please review the additional information included with the download. If you would like this download, please go to the Group 1 Web site, http://www.g1.com, login to Support, Special Request Downloads, and enter the Access Code: G1LEINIT. This download includes an assembler application (G1LEINIT) that will execute Group 1 COBOL applications via the Language Environment CEEPIPI pre-initialization interface in order to run your Group 1 product(s) on the z/OS.e operating system.

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Below are some links that may be of interest to our customers:

Group 1's Web Page - http://www.g1.com. The Group 1 Software Web site provides customers with valuable information concerning different areas of the company. From this Web site, you can access education information, recent press releases, support, and much more useful information.

USPS Web Site Business Section - http://www.usps.com/smallbiz

The USPS Web Site - www.usps.gov. This Web site allows customers to check out the latest information regarding postage rates and fees, news and events in the postal community, locations of local post offices, and provides various other links. There is also a place where postal service customers can track the status of a package or access other online mailing forms.

Canada Post - http://www.canadapost.ca/splash.asp. This is the direct link to the Canada Post Web site. Follow this link to view a quick and free course in Canadian NDG sorting (http://www.canadapost.ca/business/ndg/default-e.asp).

USPS PostalOne - http://www.pilot.uspspostalone.com. This is the direct link to the USPS PostalOne Web site.

USPS Rapid Information Bulletin Board System - http://ribbs.usps.gov. This is the National Customer Support Center for the United States Postal Service. It provides you mail-service updates, current weather conditions, and other interesting facts pertaining to the Postal Service.

Postal Rate Commission - http://www.prc.gov. The Postal Rate Commission Web site provides information about the organization, its function and procedures, along with postal rates and fees. It also provides a location where you can voice your opinion to the Consumer Advocate.

Nonprofit Mailers - http://www.nonprofitmailers.org. The Alliance is the primary representative of nonprofit mailers before the Postal Rate Commission, at the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Headquarters, and on Capitol Hill.

Postcom - http://www.postcom.org. Postcom is the Association for Postal Commerce. Its Web site provides you with up-to-date information regarding what is going on in the "postal world." It includes links to other helpful sites, as well as a place to contact your US Senators or Representatives.

We welcome comments and suggestions regarding Newscast. Please send them to cc@g1.com. Please be sure to include "NEWSCAST" in your subject line. Please look for your next issue to arrive in your e-mail box on or near December 1, 2003.

Newscast - Volume 6, Issue 10
Date: November 14, 2003
Editor: Becki Dustin (cc@g1.com) Asst. Editor: Denny Derr
Phone: 1-800-367-6950

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