I recently received the following email...

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Dear Authorize.Net Merchant: Our records indicate that your Payment Gateway account still requires the following reconfiguration as a result of the recent implementation of the Backup Payment Gateway. If you still direct transactions to the Payment Gateway using an IP address, you will NOT be able to process transactions after July 2, 2003. If you are using an IP address, please modify your integration to post transactions to the Payment Gateway via the following URL: https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll Failure to connect to the Payment Gateway via the above URL before July 2, 2003 may result in a broken connection and failed transactions. If your rules-based firewall only allows incoming traffic from designated Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, you may need to contact Authorize.Net directly to obtain new Payment Gateway IPs. Failure to modify your firewall’s Payment Gateway IP configuration before July 2, 2003 may result in a broken connection and failed transactions.

Has anyone else received this? Has updated to support the URL method? Will I be interupted after July 2nd when people try to order from my store???

The answer? support received tons of calls concerning this and "Steve" assured me that the coding for this has already been taken care of.

However, whether your a 'custom' store or standard store I would still recommend checking your authorize.net checkout with a test card code on July 3rd to ensure that there are no lost sales due to any 'unforeseen issues'.

Robert,

We received this message, too.

Captain, can we disregard it? Is on top of this matter for us who use authorize.net?

Thanks!

Robert,

I spoke with Andy, the manager of our tech support group. He is aware of the Authorize.Net email (supposedly they send it to all of their clients)... and there is nothing to worry about.

has reviewed the e-mail and everything is in the clear!

Thanks, Captain!

Got one yesterday. Glad to see is on top this; makes our job a LOT easier!

Thanks Staff!!!

Beverly


Ultimatekeychains..... GREAT idea; now if only I can remember how to run in test mode. LOL But seriously, fantastic idea!!!

And I'm so tickled... I just found out how to "edit" a message! Cool.

Thanks Cap!

I'm guessing everyone missed the bottom part of my email

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The answer?  support received tons of calls concerning this and "Steve" assured me that the coding for this has already been taken care of.  However, whether your a 'custom' store or standard store I would still recommend checking your authorize.net checkout with a test card code on July 3rd to ensure that there are no lost sales due to any 'unforeseen issues'.

I agree ultimate...we should all do a test run on july 3rd to make sure payments are processed without any interruptions.

www.mineralbeauty.com

Mineral,

You and Ultimate are correct. has taken the nccessary precautions to make sure things go smoothly... but it certainly doesn't hurt to double check!