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.

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.)

Group 1 would like to remind all CODE-1 Plus users that as of September 17, 2004, CODE-1 Plus version 2.5.1 and version 2.6.0 will no longer produce a valid CASS form PS-3553. In order to produce a valid CASS form PS-3553 that reflects CASS Cycle I, all CODE-1 Plus customers must have installed and be running CODE-1 Plus version 2.7.0 by September 18, 2004.

In addition to upgrading your CODE-1 Plus software to version 2.7.0, Windows and UNIX customers must also install version 3.5.1 of Dispatcher4. Because of changes to the database format for version 2.7.0, databases provided for this release are not backward compatible with previous releases. CODE-1 Plus version 2.7.0, and Dispatcher4 version 3.5.1 are available on the Group 1 Support site at http://www.g1.com/Support/dspavlrel.asp. The US Postal Database for version 2.7.0 is also available on the Group 1 Support site at http://www.g1.com/Support/dspavldb.asp.

For more information concerning version 2.7.0 of CODE-1 Plus, please refer to the Technical Notes also located on the Group 1 Support site, http://www.g1.com/Support/dspavldocs_cat.asp?Category=Technical+Product+Info.

With the upcoming release of Universal Coder 2.0.0, we would like to provide you with some of the highlights from this release. The new release of Universal Coder includes several modifications to the software and will also serve as the replacement product for the Client/Server and -Web versions of CODE-1 Plus, Canadian CODE-1 Plus, and CODE-1 Plus International. Some of the modifications included in this release include:

• Configurable Enhanced Street Name Matching (ESNM) for the US component;
  
• Updated underlying coding routines;
  
• Enhanced performance with which Universal Coder Client/Server processes messages and returns reply messages;
  
• Redesigned sample interface; and
  
• Added Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI) as a new processing option for users of the US Component.

For more information concerning the release of Universal Coder 2.0.0, please refer to the Pre-Release Announcement located in the Support area of the Web site, http://www.g1.com/support, login to Support. Under the Products heading, click Documentation, Customer Communications. If you are not a current Universal Coder customer, but would like more information concerning this product, please contact your local sales executive.

Introducing Group 1 Software's "Fundamentals of Mail" class as an interactive CBT (Computer-based Training). Learn from the Convenience of Your Desktop.

A new CD version of Group 1's popular "Fundamentals of Mail/Preparing Mail for Automation Discounts" class is now available from the Group 1 Education Department. This CD contains the same content as the one-day instructor-led class by the same name. There are even quizzes and tests to measure what you've learned.

Learn the basics of preparing mail for delivery by the USPS at the most favorable rate at your own pace. This CBT program helps you train new employees onsite, without having to send them away from the office.

This course covers:

Local User Group meetings are a great place to exchange information, share your 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.

PHILADELPHIA AREA

Location:	UGI Utilities, Inc., 225 Morgantown Rd, Reading, PA
Date:	November 10, 2004
Time:	9:00 a.m.
Topic:	TBA
Contact:	Susan Miller - smmiller@ugi.com

Please click here for a summary of the August 18, 2004 meeting.

Back issues of Newscast are being archived. Click previous issues to go the Newscast homepage to review any prior issues.

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 - http://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 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 October 1, 2004.

Newscast - Volume 7, Issue 07
Date: September 16, 2004
Editor: Becki Dustin (cc@g1.com) Asst. Editor: Denny Derr
Phone: 1-800-367-6950

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