| Volume 6, Issue 08 | October 20, 2003 |
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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 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
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GTX320RA903 - This one-page letter announces the release
of GeoTAX 3.2.0. 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 or product enhancements and any
defect corrections.
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS
LIST PRODUCTS
REF#:
MPP643S5A03 - This one-page letter notifies customers
of the availability of Product Update S05 for Merge/Purge Plus.
S05 corrects defect 1-6971401 and impacts only iSeries customers.
This Product Update is available for download from the Group 1
Web site, login to Support, Product Updates.
POSTAL PRODUCTS
Group 1 has established a new delivery system that will advise you of upcoming updates to our products - called 'Pending Product Updates.' A new file name labeled 'Pending' on the Product Updates page will indicate that a Product Update is in the works; and the record will contain details about that Pending Product Update. As work progresses, we will update this information. If changes have been made to the record since your last login, the 'new' flag will appear. When we complete the Product Update, a link to the downloadable file will become available. You should check this page regularly for the latest Pending Product Updates. You may find these and other documents at www.g1.com/support. Please have your user ID and password handy. Group 1 continues to strive to enhance our customer service and communications. This addition to our Support site is just another step in keeping our customers informed. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this new feature. The following items have been recently added to the Pending Product Updates area of the Support site. 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
If you are receiving NewsCast and read about a Local User Group meeting in your area, share this information with others in your organization. Local User Groups are a great source of knowledge and experience - visit or join one at your next opportunity! 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 AREA
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Education classes are offered at various training sites throughout the country. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to bring valuable information back to your company. For more information on classes other than those listed below, visit Group 1 University's Web site at www.g1.com/education or give us a call at 1-800-859-4133. For Onsite classes including Advanced List Conversion, Advanced Merge/Purge Plus, Advanced Generalized Selection and GeoTAX call the Education Manager at 1-800-859-4133 option 1,1 or contact Annette Warder at annette_warder@g1.com. The eLearning classes are taken from the comfort of your own office. Contact Brian Hughes at brian_hughes@g1.com for more information.
The following Public Seminars are currently being offered:
Are you currently running MailStream Plus? Do you like to stay ahead of the game? If so, you are just what Group 1 is looking for. With the next scheduled release of MailStream Plus, Group 1 is planning a comprehensive BETA program. BETA testers are needed for all platforms. The participants in this program get a firsthand preview of any changes and enhancements that will be included in the new release. You get to install, setup, and test the software before anyone else. All we ask is that you provide us with feedback in a timely manner so that we have the opportunity to make any necessary adjustments prior to the release. If you would like more information or are interested in participating in the BETA program for MailStream Plus 7.0.0, please contact Shannon Gatley, BETA Coordinator, at Shannon_Gatley@g1.com or call the BETA Hotline at 800-328-8180. You may also complete a BETA Test Participation Request form by visiting the Technical Support - Group 1 Forms area of our Support site at http://www.g1.com/support/forms.
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 update to this area.
Does the license file, G1LICEN, need to be defined/allocated
to my interactive/online IMS system? How do I get the Date of Address Matching and Coding or the
Date of Carrier Route Sequencing on my statements or in my Mail.dat
files? What needs to be done when calling MailStream Plus via UPRUNJOB
more than once in a Command Language (CL) script? When executing GCBM00, uncoded records are not going to the GCBMNCO file? Please click here for the answer to this Geographic Coding Plus - Product Usage question. Since upgrading to 5.0, how can I prevent the reports from printing a single page for every county, making it look extremely large? Please click here for the answer to this Geographic Coding Plus - Product Usage question. For a complete list of all available FAQs, please visit the FAQ area of the Support Web site at www.g1.com/support/faq.
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