| Volume 6, Issue 17 | February 23, 2004 |
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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 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. INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS REF#: cpcExLtr0304 - This one-page letter contains the expiration dates for the February 2004 CPC Reference File.
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#: CPz260S6204 - This one-page letter contains detail regarding the Pending Product Update S06 for CODE-1 Plus 2.6.0. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS REF#: MCz240C1204 - This one-page letter contains detail regarding the Pending Product Update C01 for SortStream Canada 2.4.0. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.
LIST PRODUCTS REF#: MPP643S6104 - This one-page letter contains detail regarding the Pending Product Update S06 for Merge/Purge Plus 6.4.3. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.
Earlier this month, Group 1 Software announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with GrayHair Software, Inc. of Moorestown, NJ. Under the agreement, Group 1's MailStream Plus software solution will generate output files in support of GrayHair's Mail·Trak PLANET Code technology. GrayHair Software is the mailing industry's leading provider of PLANET Code processing and mail-tracking services. PLANET Codes enable mailers to track their mail electronically through the United States Postal Service (USPS) CONFIRM program. Utilizing GrayHair's innovative technology, MailStream Plus users can track mail pieces more easily from postal acceptance through delivery. MailStream Plus is a comprehensive solution for mail preparation that presorts mail for the highest attainable postal discounts from the USPS. “We're pleased to enter into this partnership with GrayHair Software,” said Tim King, Group 1 Software's vice president of postal affairs. “MailStream Plus customers now have access to a cost-effective, round-trip mail tracking program. This partnership underscores our commitment to continuing to offer our customers the industry's most comprehensive and flexible direct mail software solutions.” “To be successful, a business must constantly focus on ways to improve its present and future clients' experiences with its products and services,” said Cameron Bellamy, president of GrayHair Software. “The Group 1 Software-GrayHair Software partnership helps both organizations attain that most strategic objective.” Click here to view this press release as well as many others about Group 1 located on our Web site.
We offer public seminars at four locations: Irvine, CA, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, and Lanham, MD. We also offer classes through eLearning so you don't have to leave your office. Some companies find onsite classes given at their location a better investment. Onsite classes are $2000/day plus travel expenses. These courses are convenient, customized using your in-house data, and can be more economical than the public seminars depending on the size of your group. Through education you can:
Contact the Education Manager at annette_warder@g1.com
or at 301-918-6392 and ask about our March promotions.
Take a look at some of the recent updates and additions that have been made to this valuable section of our Web site. The FAQs are listed by product so you can easily find the questions that apply to your specific products. There is also a link to the FAQ Submission Form if you have a question/answer you would like to have considered. Below are a few of the most recent additions and updates to this area.
With the FORMAT parameter record set to UPPER Casing, why
is output still returning in Mixed Case? With the CONTRL parameter record set to process Invalid Records,
why are there records being written to the reject output file? Is there anyway to set up SortStream Canada to presort Catalogue
Mail? Must a volume of 100 pieces be defined on the P ATTR parameter
record? Is there any way to extract a list of all Canadian cities and
their corresponding postal codes? For a complete list of all available FAQs, please visit the FAQ area of the Support Web site at www.g1.com/support/faq.
In a February 13 notice from the USPS National Customer Support Center to Postal Customers, information was provided concerning the extension of CASS Cycle H to September 17, 2004. Normally, the CASS cycle ends on July 31 and would require all mailers using CASS software to be running newer software. According the to notice, "MERLIN is now verifying nine-digit ZIP Code information at the points of acceptance and has established zero tolerance for ZIP + 4 codes of '0000' and '9999'. To maintain consistency, CASS and MASS certification requirements will change, effective immediately, in conjunction with the newly implemented ZIP + 4 verification on mailings processed by MERLIN." The notice goes on to say, "Due to this change in normal process, we are extending the usage period of Cycle H and the Cycle I certification period until September 17, 2004." CODE-1 Plus, one of Group 1's certified products complies with regulations. Software updates are expected later in the year to allow for the extended CASS cycle. For more product information contact support@g1.com.
Do you have questions that need answers? Ideas that you want to share? Bring them to a Local User Group meeting. These meetings offer you the opportunity to ask questions and share your ideas with others. Review the listings below and make arrangements to attend the meeting nearest you. Don't miss out on a terrific way to enhance your knowledge of Group 1 products and meet fellow users. 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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