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<p>2.8.9 adds more company email manager/trouble ticking system refinements<br />
and functions, new event triggers and protocols additions, new ISP<br />
management web interface functions, LaserSubstrate invoice additions,<br />
PostgreSQL fix, and a few other miscellaneous items.</p>
<p>All new features in this version are listed in the revision log:</p>
<p>Optigold ISP Revision Log<br />
-------------------------</p>
<p>Completed On 12/20/01</p>
<p>Tech support log assigned to an employee for a canceled customer links to<br />
customer correctly<br />
Server event exceptions for account type(s) can be set on a per event basis<br />
Rumpus FTP support added to new style server events<br />
EIMS support added to new style server events<br />
SIMS support added to new style server events<br />
LetterRIP support added to new style server events<br />
QuickDNS Pro support added to new style server events<br />
New server events preference - Macintosh Telnet Application<br />
System can notify designated email address if event is triggered with no<br />
event defined<br />
Email manager can initiate a thread by sending outbound message<br />
Prepaid card payments can be taken via ISP management web interface<br />
One-time credit card transactions can be run via ISP management web<br />
interface<br />
One-time bank debit transactions can be run via ISP management web interface<br />
Customer ID can be passed to server events as a variable</p>
<p>Completed On 12/19/01</p>
<p>Termination date added to list of customers due to be canceled<br />
Fixed problem with variables not being passed to FTP server action for new<br />
style events<br />
Secondary time can be imported with the usage SQL hooks<br />
Old call activity notes cannot be edited</p>
<p>Completed On 12/18/01</p>
<p>Outgoing emails in email manager can be spell checked<br />
Email manager email type can be edited<br />
New planner items can be created from email manager<br />
Email manager emails can be unlinked to customer<br />
Changed way that email manager emails are linked to a customer<br />
Changed way that email manager emails are assigned to employees<br />
Employees assigned to an email in email manager can be sent a message<br />
directly from email manager<br />
New accounts preference - Characters Not Allowed In Passwords</p>
<p>Completed On 12/17/01</p>
<p>Letters going out in secondary languages works properly<br />
A letter will fall back to available language for the letter if the<br />
customer's language is overridden and there is no letter in that language<br />
Expiration date variable in server events includes any leading zeros</p>
<p>Completed On 12/16/01</p>
<p>Made fix to PostgreSQL JDBC driver URL connect</p>
<p>Completed On 12/13/01</p>
<p>New server event protocol added - AppleScript<br />
MacRADIUS support added to new style server events<br />
WebTen support added to new style server events<br />
Payment number can be passed to custom payment export to accounting format<br />
Receipt number can be passed to custom payment export to accounting format<br />
Services can be transferred to master account<br />
Bandwidth added to usage generic report<br />
Time online and bandwidth summarized on usage generic report<br />
LaserSubstrate invoices can show up to 7 line items (up from 5)<br />
LaserSubstrate return stubs have a place to enter amount enclosed<br />
Fixed problem with outgoing email welcome letter to customer self-signups</p>
<p>Completed On 12/12/01</p>
<p>Company email manager has a toggle to only show emails assigned to self<br />
Manually entered pending charges can be prorated<br />
Sub-accounts can be automatically created under the ISP management web<br />
interface<br />
Made change to how generic actions are validated under new style server<br />
events<br />
New server event protocol added - Email</p>
<p>Completed On 12/11/01</p>
<p>Made change to how mass mailing letters are generated<br />
Dates for tech call logs made in ISP management web interface forces to 4<br />
digit years<br />
Made slight change to code that deletes server events<br />
Server events can be triggered for customers with any account class<br />
New RADIUS file config preference - Default IP Address For RADIUS Users<br />
Income Projection report can be summarized by Account Class<br />
Past due account letter is a sub-action of the primary letter routines<br />
Company fax number and billing phone number can be set per VISP</p>
<p>Completed On 12/10/01</p>
<p>Printed non-fancy invoices can be up to 4 pages (instead of 2)<br />
New account letter is a sub-action of the primary letter routines<br />
All broadband fields can be passed to letters as variables<br />
All broadband fields can be passed to server actions as variables</p>
<p>Completed On 12/8/01</p>
<p>Made some changes to new style server actions for Cancel Customers</p>
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