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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 22:56:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org>
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To: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net>
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Subject: Re: ISP Billing Software
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Thomas Arnold wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Neal Rigney wrote:
> 
> > Would it be too much of a stretch to suggest maybe a group of us(isp'ers) 
> > get together and write this software?  It seems that everyone has the 
> > same problem:  they can't find software that fits their needs exactly.  I 
> > know what we're using works, but not *exactly* the way we want it to 
> > work.
> 
> This is exactly what I'd like to see too.  I'm trying to come up with some
> tools now that I can contribute.  Maybe someone else will have a piece...
> etc etc...  Soon we have a package.  ( with a little work )
> 

Sounds like an interesting idea.  I've developped a home brew package for 
my system.  It still requires quite a bit of manual intervention, but 
here are some of the features that it currently has:
	- PGP Signing of invoices
	- Support for Canadian GST & PST taxes
	- Web interface for user database management
	- Record payements via web interface
	- Generates Excel compatible export list of invoiced clients
	- Maintains accounts receivables
	- Written in Perl

I haven't yet decided what or how I want to distribute this, but I am 
open to suggestions as it needs a lot of work before it could become a 
full blown product.

Regards,

Andrew Webster                              andrew@pubnix.net   
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