[ic] VeriSign PayFlow Email

[Michael Goldfarb]

Just wondering if anyone else has received this message. One of our
clients who uses the VeriSign PayFlow program got it and then forwarded
it to me.


Dear Valued Customer 

On September 23rd, 2002, VeriSign will be making an update to our
systems to support a new feature - reference transactions.  VeriSign has
determined that due to the way you configured your Payflow Pro
integration to send all or some of your transaction data to us, that you
are erroneously sending a parameter that will now be affected by the
introduction of the new reference transaction feature.  

Reference transactions allow you to create a new Sale or Authorization
transaction using the information, such as credit card number, submitted
in an earlier transaction.  One example application for this feature is
a split shipment, where you capture for a lower amount when you ship the
first part of the order, and later perform a new sale transaction when
you ship the second part of the order.  In order to reference the
earlier transaction, you include the transaction ID for that transaction
using the ORIGID parameter for a new Sale or Authorization transaction. 

VeriSign discovered that you are currently sending an ORIGID parameter
for Sale or Authorization transactions.  Currently, ORIGID is only valid
for Delayed Capture, Credit, Void, or Inquiry transactions.  VeriSign's
servers ignore an ORIGID parameter submitted with a Sale or
Authorization transaction, so this parameter currently has no effect on
the processing of the transaction. 

When VeriSign makes the update early morning on September 23rd, 2002,
VeriSign's servers will no longer ignore the ORIGID parameter for a Sale
or an Authorization transaction.  Please review the information below
and make any necessary changes to your configuration. 

The behavior when using this parameter with Sale or Authorization
transactions after the update will be as follows: 

1)      If the ORIGID parameter refers to a successful previous
transaction run on your account, the Sale or Authorization transaction
will be run as a reference transaction.  The new transaction will carry
over certain parameters submitted for the original transaction UNLESS
you submit those same parameters with the new transaction.  The values
that will be copied from the original transaction (unless resubmitted)
include account number, expiration date, and billing contact/address
information.

2)      If the ORIGID parameter refers to an unsuccessful transaction
(with a non-zero result), the new Sale or Authorization will generate a
result 120 (Attempt to reference a failed transaction).

3)      If the ORIGID parameter refers to a transaction ID that wasn't
ever run by your account, the new Sale or Authorization will generate a
result 19 (Original transaction ID not found)

4)      If the ORIGID is poorly formatted, the new Sale or Authorization
will generate a result 7 (Field format error)