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AccuMail 3.0
by Tony Curro
The United States Postal Service says that using ZIP+4 speeds mail
delivery. Going further if you use Delivery Point Bar Code and Carrier
Route you can all but deliver the mail yourself. Getting the zip code
information can be time consuming. AccuMail is an address-matching
system that improves the deliverability of your mail.
Features of AccuMail:
* Corrects addresses with misspelled or missing components.
* Corrects missing and/or incorrect 5-digit ZIP codes.
* Adds ZIP+4 codes.
* Adds carrier route codes.
* Adds Delivery Point codes.
* Standardizes street addresses.
* Works on mailing lists in most common formats.
* Select specific records baased on criteria that you define.
* Perform single address lookups.
* Browse the AccuMail database.
* Print addresses on envelopes and labels.
* Print 11-digit barcode.
* Print USPS Form 3553 facimilies.
* Create regional databases.
* Call it from other applications (DOS only).
AccuMail comes with DOS and Windows version on one CD-ROM disk. It is
also available for both these formats in a Network version. The program
features an easy to use interface that will have you running minutes
after installation. You can use AccuMail to lookup individual addresses,
or you can have it process a list. AccuMail works directly on ASCII
delimited, ASCII fixed-field, dBase III and IV, Alpha Four, CA Clipper,
dBXL, FoxPro, Fox Base, Quick Silver and Group 1's ArcList file formats.
When using it for individual addresses use the company name if
applicable. Many times there may be a plus 4 for an address, but a
company at the same address will have a different number.
To work with a list you select New Job from the File Menu; choose the
Mailing List option and select the format and your database file.
AccuMail will take your database file, correct street names, add ZIP+4,
and generate a USPS Form 3553. Normally, AccuMail will perform address
corrections on your entire mailing list. You can create filters to
select only certain records (or range of records from your mailing list)
for processing.
Working with individual addresses you can search all streets within a
specific zip code. You can also search secondary addresses within a
given street number. For example, an office or high rise apartment
building will contain multiple offices or dwellings. AccuMail, in the
case of offices, will supply you with company names within a given
building. For apartments it will supply you with all the apartment
numbers in that dwelling. For single listing firms AccuMail will, in
many instances supply you with the company name, hospital, or even Post
Office at that address.
The AccuMail National Database, containing virtually every deliverable
mailing address in the United States, is a standardized and highly
compressed version of the 4.2-gigabyte United States Postal Service
file. The National Database remains on the CD-ROM. However, you can
select portions of the database to place on your hard drive. If you are
going to be working with a specific region you can create a "regional"
database to place on your hard drive. This will speed up access as you
do not have to search the whole database. You specify a range of zip
codes you want to work with, and the file will be copied.
AccuMail will presort your mailings to take advantage of bulk mailings.
USPS requires that mailers update their ZIP+4 and carrier route code
files regularly. In compliance with USPS regulations, AccuMail does not
allow you to run a job or to print the CASS Form 3553 if you use a USPS
National Database that has expired.
AccuMail is released quarterly. The current version 3.0 was released
January 15, 1994. It will not process the above information beyond May
15, 1994. The updates are released January 15, April 15, July 15 and
October 15. Each update will work for up to 75 days beyond its
expiration date.
AccuMail LAN is available with 4 quarterly updates. Price is: 5-User --
$3995, 10-User -- $5995.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
DOS
* 286 or higher CPU
* 2MB RAM
* DOS 3.0 or higher
* Hard Disk
* CD-ROM drive
WINDOWS
* 386 or higher CPU
* 4MB RAM
* DOS 5.0 or higher
* Hard Disk with about 6MB free space
* VGA or higher video
* Mouse
Product Information
AccuMail 3.0
SRP -- $295.
Quarterly
Updates -- $295.
Annual
Subscription
(4 releases) -- $1095.
Group 1 Software
4200 Parliament Place
Suite 600
Lanham, MD 20706-1844
301-731-2300
301-306-4373 (FAX)