FilePro and CASS mailings

[Bob Stockler]

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You neglected to mention that Bob Snapp's Address-Matching,
Address-Correction Software - written _entirely_ in filePro
(with your help) -  was so good that he got the highest
scores on the tests that the USPS provides for such software.

In fact, as I recall, he showed them that, in one case, the
USPS "correct answer" was wrong, and his answer was correct.

I was a beta tester for that filePro Program, and integrated
it into my filePro Customer File database (there's no better
way to prevent duplicate entries in a Customer File than to
check - in real time - similarly formated correct addresses).
(It was surprising to me how many people didn't know their
own correct address and/or ZIP Code).

Snapp tried to sell it to the filePro community, but there
were not enough buyers, so when the USPS offered him a job
as a consultant on Address Matching - Address Correction
programming in Memphis, TN, he took it.

That was our, and filePro's. loss.

Bob

PS - At the time I was using Snapp's program to check my
     customer's addresses in the real time of data entry,
     the number of lines allowed in a filePro processing
     table didn't allow me to put it in the input table,
     so I put it in the automatic table and arranged to
     shift back and forth between the two tables as was
     necessary at that point of data entry.    

     But that's another story, not significant today.

Tom Pancero wrote (on Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 03:45:16PM -0400):

| There are other Address Matching Engines available to Not only the 
| Filepro community but to darn near all platforms.
| See WWW.AESCASS.COM.  I am the VP for Sales & New Product Development. 
| You can contact me on, or off list, as you wish.
| 
| As an aside, and for historical value, Filepro has been at the leading 
| edge of Address Matching Technology for over 25 years!
| Way-Way back in the early 1980's Bob Snapp made his first effort in 
| producing an Address Matching engine by responding
| to a  customers request "Can't you make this thing look up Zip Codes?" 
| From that request came a program called LZIP
| for Local-Zip. Since we were working on a Tandy 6000, and hard drive 
| space was at a premium, we only had the Cincinnati
| Ohio area in the database.  The database was HAND COMPILED since the US 
| Post Office had not begun their efforts in
| Address Quality yet.  After LZIP got a toe-hold, we started on the Next 
| Generation of Address Matching which was
| the entire United States.  Fortunatly the USPS had the Carrier Route 
| tapes available.  They came on 16 rolls of 9 track
| Mag Tape.  At the time the USPS did not want the rolls of tape back!
| 
| All of this effort was done in Filepro since it has such a short 
| development cycle.  Much faster to produce & debug than
| 'C'.  
| 
| The AESCASS engine is not written in C, but I do use Filepro for 
| Integration Prototyping, Quality Assurance, and all the
| various office tasks that befall a small business.
| 
| If your mailing requirements include mailing to Puerto Rico, the AESCASS 
| engine is superior in that domain as we have done
| significant research and development for that area alone.  Our CASS 
| scores with the USPS reflect this fact.
| 
| I have also used Filepro Exclusivly in my 30+ years of commercial 
| printing and mailing.  I would not be here without
| the aid of Filepro.  It has been a trusted resource that has proven 
| itself over and over again.
| 
| If you are interested, we have special pricing for VAR's.
| 
| Happy Coding!
| 
| 
| 
| Richard Tartaglias wrote:
| 
| >Hello Dr. Pulliam
| > 
| >I have my data stored in filepro and a separate mailing software 
| >package from Avanquest. I pay about $70.00 every quarter for the USPS 
| >updated addresses. I can make as many invoices as I want and design 
| >them much as you would in MS Word. I have been using it for mass 
| >mailings and have saved thousands in postage.
| > 
| >If anyone would like more information than can e-mail me off the list 
| >at fp at masscollector.com <mailto:fp at masscollector.com> or 
| >fp_rich at yahoo.com <mailto:fp_rich at yahoo.com>.
| > 
| >Rich Tartaglia 
| >
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