Technical Services Communication Updates

Group 1 recently sent the documents listed below to the primary user contacts on a maintenance plan via email, fax or mail. Ship to contacts received release information with the product shipment. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support. (You will need your user ID and password). For List Services, visit the Technical Support – List Services area of our Web site to subscribe at http://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.

Canadian and International Products

  • REF#: C6z310S1306 – This three-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S01 for Canadian CODE-1 Plus 3.1.0. Details about the multiple change requests addressed in this product update are included.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Canadian & International Products
  • REF#: cpcExLtr0506 – This one-page letter contains the expiration dates for the May 2006 CPC Reference File.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: CXz170DA506 – This seven-page letter announces the availability of the 1st quarter database for CODE-1 Plus International 1.7.0. There have been several changes to international address processing with this 1st quarter database. These changes are detailed in the letter.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Canadian & International Products
  • REF#: SSCG2415 – Greenbar listing for the May 2006 CPC Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All

Centrus/Geo Products

  • REF#: CAA000P1406 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of the April Release of Centrus Data Products. Media has been shipped.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products
  • REF#: CAA000P1506 – This one-page letter informs customers of new Centrus database usage requirements for the May 2006 release of data.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box and Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products

Coding Products

  • REF#: 2FL77xP1406 – This one-page letter notifies Finalist 7.7x Mainframe customers of the status of the April 2006 databases.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: 2FL77xTB406 – Technical Bulletin listing for the April 2006 Finalist database. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe, Unix and Windows
  • REF#: 2FL780T1506 – This two-page letter informs Finalist Mainframe customers currently using the Finalist 7.7x Compatibility Interface (CI) of Group 1’s decision to extend support for the CI.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: 2VM310P1406 – This two-page letter informs VeriMove customers of important dates and details relating to their upgrade to VeriMove 3.2.0.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: C1P30GB4 – Greenbar listing for the April 2006 US Postal Database versions 2.9.x and 3.0.0. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: C1P30GB5 – Greenbar listing for the May 2006 US Postal Database Versions 2.9.x and 3.0.0. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: CPz300T1406 – This one-page letter informs CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 MVS customers that the current March 2006 DPV™ database is not compatible with the new CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 software.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: MVS
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: CPz300T2406 – This one-page letter informs CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 customers that their current March 2006 DPV™ database is not compatible with the new CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 software and that an updated database is being included with the software shipment.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box and Email
  • PLAT: Unix, Linux, iSeries, VSE, IMS, Windows and VMS
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: DPV30GB4 – Greenbar listing for the April 2006 Delivery Point Validation. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: LACSGB406 – Greenbar listing for April 2006 LACSLink™ database. Details record counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: UNC330PR406 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the upcoming release of Universal Coder 3.3.0 and highlights some of the anticipated changes and new features. This letter also notifies customers of the availability of Technical Notes for download from the Group 1 Support site.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: UNC330RA506 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the release of Universal Coder 3.3.0 and highlights some of the anticipated changes and new features. This letter also notifies customers of the availability of Technical Notes for download from the Group 1 Support site.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: UNC330TN506 – Universal Coder 3.3.0 Technical Notes referenced in the Release Announcement, UNC330RA506.
  • LOC: Technical Product Info
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products

General Announcements

  • REF#: AAA000G1406 – This three-page letter provides an update to the PrimeCode strategy and release schedule.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: AAA000T1506 – This one-page letter notifies customers that effective October 31, 2006, Group 1 will no longer support HP_UX 11.00 on PA_RISC.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: Unix
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding, Canadian & International, Centrus/Geo, List, Database Marketing and Postal Products
  • REF#: AAA000T2506 – This one page letter notifies customers that effective October 31, 2006, Group 1 will no longer support Solaris version 7 (5.7).
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: Unix
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding, Canadian & International, Centrus/Geo, List, Database Marketing and Postal Products
  • REF#: AAA000T3506 – This one-page letter notifies customers that Group 1 will be discontinuing support for the zSuSE version of Linux.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Linux
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: AAA000T4506 – This one-page letter notifies customers that effective December 31, 2006, Group 1 will discontinue support for any version of the OS/390 operating system. This letter also contains changes to the minimum supported version of several Mainframe platforms.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding, Canadian & International, Centrus/Geo, List, Database Marketing and Postal Products
  • REF#: AAA000T5506 – This one-page letter notifies customers that effective October 31, 2006, Group 1 will discontinue support for the Open VMS on VAX platform. Migration to Open VMS on Alpha or Windows suggested.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: VMS
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding, Canadian & International, Centrus/Geo, List, Database Marketing and Postal Products
  • REF#: InstallSizeReq406 – This document lists the installed space requirements for Group 1 Software products and databases. These requirements reflect the installed size on the Windows platform.
  • LOC: Technical Product Info
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A

Other Products

  • REF#: 1FS55T1306 – This one-page letter notifies Data Flow customers of a conflict between an optional Microsoft Patch and Sagent WebLink.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: 1FS552T1406 – This one-page letter notifies Data Flow customers that Emergency Bug Fixes (EBFs) will be provided for the conflict between an optional Microsoft Patch and Sagent WebLink.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: ADN631RA406 – This five-page letter announces the release of Address Now for Quarter 1 2006 and provides customers with details concerning this release.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: D4z361T1406 – This one-page letter informs customers attempting a new installation of a Micro Focus-compiled product along with Dispatcher4 3.6.0/3.6.1 of an error that may be encountered. This letter also provides instructions for avoiding, as well as correcting, the error.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: Windows, Unix and Linux
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: ORT220P1406 – This one-page letter notifies OnRoute customers of a potential delay in seeing new postal events while historical data is being moved from version 1 to version 2 as part of the ongoing conversion process.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: LES260S5506 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S05 for Enterprise Server 2.6.0 for download from the Group 1 Web site, log in to Support, My Products, Enterprise Server, Product Updates. S05 is being provided to make a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0-compatible version of the C/C++ Client SDK available to our customers.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding, Canadian & International and Centrus/Geo Products
  • REF#: SA7202PR406 – This one-page letter announces the upcoming release of Data Quality Connector for SAP R/3 4.7 2.0.2 and highlights some of the new features of this release.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A

Postal Products

  • REF#: MSPG7705 – Greenbar listing for the May 2006 MailStream Plus 7.7.0 USPS® Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: MSPG7714 – Greenbar listing for the April 2006 MailStream Plus 7.7.1 USPS® Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: MSPG7715 – Greenbar listing for the May 2006 MailStream Plus 7.7.1 USPS® Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: MUz771RA406 – This two-page letter announces the release of MailStream Plus 7.7.1. This letter also notifies customers of the availability of Technical Notes for download from the Internet.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Postal Products
  • REF#: MUz771S1406 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of MailStream Plus 7.7.1 Product Update S01 for download from the Group 1 Web site, log in to Support, My Products, MailStream Plus, Product Updates.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box and Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Postal Products
  • REF#: MUz771S2506 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of MailStream Plus 7.7.1 Product Update S02 for download from the Group 1 Web site, log in to Support, My Products, MailStream Plus, Product Updates.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Postal Products
  • REF#: MUz771TN406 – MailStream Plus 7.7.1 Technical Notes referenced in the MailStream Plus 7.7.1 Release Announcement, MUz771RA406.
  • LOC: Technical Product Info
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Postal Products

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Technical Services Pending Product Updates

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 email. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support/. (You will need your user ID and password).

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.

There are no Pending Product Update Announcements at this time.


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Help Group 1 to Better Understand Your Data Management

How do enterprises benchmarked as "best in class" differ in their strategy, execution and results? Group 1 is teaming up with one of the leading industry research firms, Aberdeen Group, to learn more about your data management and customer data integration initiatives. Respondents to our survey will receive a free copy of the report, "Customer Data Management Benchmark: Gaining a 360 View of Your Customer." You can access the survey using the following link:

http://www.aberdeen.com/survey/cdm360L

We know your time is valuable - thank you in advance for participating in this important study.

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Join the StreamWeaver Team for a Special Horizons 2006 Users Group Meeting!

Group 1 will be holding a StreamWeaver user group meeting at Horizons 2006 this July in Chicago, IL. With the highly informative StreamWeaver user group meeting from the January 2006 Xplor trade show under our belts, we are looking forward engaging more customers at the sessions in Chicago this summer! Additionally, this meeting will provide customers with the opportunity to meet the StreamWeaver product team, which has been expanded to better support our large customer base.

We are expecting some lively discussion on the recently-filed rate case – a proposal which may offer mailing incentives for customers using the new USPS® 4-State Barcode. The upcoming StreamWeaver 6.3.0 release will support both the 4-State Barcode and 2D – the next generation document barcode technology, which leaves only a small footprint and is used by many new inserters. As was the case with past releases, StreamWeaver 6.3.0 will draw these barcodes, allowing for a high degree of user flexibility. Another topic of conversation will be the new Visual Engineer, a GUI development tool for StreamWeaver that will allow the new barcodes to easily replace the existing barcodes, POSTNET and 3of9.

By the time the Users Conference rolls around, Group 1 customers will already be actively developing 4-State Barcode and 2D barcode applications with StreamWeaver 6.3.0. Don’t miss your chance to compare notes with your fellow users and hear others’ comments on the new release! The StreamWeaver product team would like to extend a special invitation to all Group 1 customers who have yet to try StreamWeaver – join us at the user group meeting to learn how other customers have solved their problems with this versatile print stream engineering tool!

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Horizons 2006: Register Today and Receive a 3 for 2 Special!

3 for 2 Special!

Register TODAY!
Offer ends July 21, 2006


Don't miss out on this great opportunity to save – register three Users Conference attendees for the price of two! To take advantage of this great discount, register online at http://www.g1.com/uconf or via fax at 301-683-6544, Attention UC2006 Registrar. This offer will end on July 21, 2006.

Horizons 2006 will offer you informative sessions presented by Group 1 associates and leading industry experts, along with hands-on product labs and the opportunity to interact with our Technical Support Representatives in person. In addition to these great conference opportunities, we are offering several Intensives on the Monday and Tuesday preceding the conference, and are providing both a User Orientation and a Guest Orientation on Tuesday evening.


Keep Your Eye on the Goal with the Horizons 2006 Keynote Speaker
The keynote speaker for Horizons 2006 will be Doug Decarlo, an internationally-recognized authority in the field of goal achievement. Doug is a Senior Consultant on Agile Project Management for the Cutter Consortium and also acts as a consultant, facilitator, trainer, coach and keynote speaker for those working on projects in fast-paced, unpredictable and stressful environments. Keeping audiences entertained and engaged with his innovative and humorous motivational speeches, Doug even uses live percussion instruments to demonstrate cross-functional team dynamics.

Doug authored the powerful work, eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility and developed a goal-achievement and self-mastery strategy that was highlighted in the groundbreaking book, The World Class Project Manager: A Professional Development Guide. He is a former member of the ProjectWorld advisory board and served on the George Washington University Project Management Advisory Group. He is an advisory board member and columnist for ProjectConnections.com, as well as an active member of the Project Management Institute and The Drug Information Association.


Laugh it Up with the Horizons 2006 Humorist
Energetic and spontaneous, Horizons 2005 humorist Joel Zeff combines improvisational comedy and motivational messages to energize his audiences toward self-improvement – both inside and outside of the workplace. In speaking, Joel employs his comedic experience as an improvisational actor to lighten the mood and create a positive, comfortable environment for his audience. Audience participants are encouraged stretch themselves beyond their comfort zones and explore their creativity.

With a background in journalism and public relations, Joel moved into consulting during the mid-1990s. His work as a consultant centered on assisting technology and telecommunications companies in marketing, advertising and public relations; however, he soon recognized a pervasive need within corporate cultures for increased energy and creativity. Since 1993, Joel has performed with Ad-Libs – a nationally renowned improvisational comedy troupe – both at the troupe's theater in Dallas, TX and at corporate events countrywide. He has also appeared as a co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21, as well as in commercials for Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Eagle Country Markets and Extraco Bank.

For more information on Horizons 2006, please visit the Users Conference Web site, http://www.g1.com/uconf.

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Group 1 University: New Spring Classes and Pre-Conference Intensives

New Spring Classes
For times and additional information, please visit the Group 1 University Web site, http://www.g1.com/Education.

What's New in Finalist 7.80?
Webinar – May 18, 2006

What's New in MailStream Plus 7.7.1?
Webinar – May 19, 2006

MailStream Plus - Dispatcher4
Irvine, CA – May 22 - 23, 2006
Lanham, MD – June 29 - 30, 2006

StreamWeaver Development Using Visual Engineer Workshop
Lisle, IL – May 22 - 25, 2006
Downer's Grove, IL – June 5 - 8, 2006

Finalist Workshop
Lisle, IL – June 15, 2006

VeriMove Workshop
Lisle, IL – June 16, 2006
Chicago, IL (Users Conference) – July 24, 2006

Pre-Conference Intensives
Come early to the Users Conference and attend the Pre-Conference Intensives! Unless otherwise noted, the intensives are $500 per student. They will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates:

Monday, July 24, 2006
Introduction to Data Quality (NEW CLASS!)
VeriMove
Message1 Series 5*
DOC1 Series 5 (Basic)**

Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Merge/Purge Plus
MailStream Plus
DOC1 Series 5 (Quick Start)*
DOC1 Series 5 (Basic)**

* If you attend both the Message1 Series 5 class and the DOC1 Series 5 (Quick Start) class, you will receive $100.00 off the total cost of the classes.
** DOC1 Series 5 (Basic) is a two-day class. The price is $1500.

The cost for each class includes breakfast, lunch, and a snack on the day(s) it is held. For more information, please visit the Pre-Conference Intensives page of the Users Conference Web site at http://www.g1.com/UConf/intensives.asp. To register, please visit http://www.g1.com/Education and choose online registration.

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