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The Debt$Net® Newsletter

Monthly news from The Computer Manager: the newest Prestige 23 features, DebtNet$Millennium, and a column from our President, David J. Saxton, on running a collection business.

Latest issue · October 2026

Every Little Thing

Why the backup reminder you see every time you exit Debt$Net is being rewritten, and the “1,000 little things” behind a successful company. Plus the new debtnet.net, client-based restrictions and the DebtNet$Millennium demo site.

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  • In this issue
  • From the President: Every Little Thing
  • Introducing the New Debt$Net Website
  • Prestige 23 New Feature: Enhanced Client-Based Restrictions
  • What’s New in DebtNet$Millennium
  • Share Your Feedback With the New Millennium Demo Site
  • Path to Prestige: Upgrade Options for Debt$Net
  • Technical Support Outreach
Message From Our President

David J. Saxton on running a collection business

More than thirty years running his own agency on Debt$Net®, and now the owner of The Computer Manager. Each month he writes about what it takes.

October 2026

Every Little Thing

Seven thousand, nine hundred and twenty. That's how many times I've exited Debt$Net—at a minimum. Probably much more. And, as all D$N users know, when we exit, we see a friendly reminder that says: "Thank you for using Debt$Net – Remember…

Read the column →August 2026

The Computer Manager and My Dear Friend Tony

When I started North American Recovery in September 1993, I tracked everything in a large black three-ring binder.

Read the column →June 2026

Artificial Intelligence vs. Automation Intelligence

What’s another word for “artificial”? Take a moment. What was the first word that came to mind?

Read the column →April 2026

You Get an API! Everyone Gets an API!

Remember the Oprah Winfrey show? She liked giving extravagant gifts to members of her studio audience. This gift-giving culminated in the "You Get a Car" episode, which aired on September 13, 2004. Every single member of that show's…

Read the column →March 2026

Why Millennium?

Honestly? I don't know. It just came to me.

Read the column →January 2026

AI and Debt$Net®

I’ve been using “AI” in my company for years—effectively speaking, and without really knowing it. Let me explain. Over the past 32 years, I’ve constantly refined, tweaked, and improved every process and procedure in my company. I’ve never…

Read the column →December 2025

Free Custom Programming for Life!

Well, not really, but sort of. Let me explain. But before I do, I want to share my history of custom programming with you. If you remember from my article about acquiring The Computer Manager, I've been requesting custom programming since…

Read the column →November 2025

1 Million Dollars, Part 2

I’m embarrassed. I don’t know how else to say it. Why? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, when I went back and looked at the length of last month’s newsletter, I thought, “Are you kidding? Who wants to take the time— or who even has the…

Read the column →October 2025

1 Million Dollars, Part 1

One Million Dollars. Said in the style of Dr. Evil from the film: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. It makes me laugh every time I think of the scene. Dr. Evil had been frozen for 30 years in a cryogenic sleep, leading to a…

Read the column →August 2025

A Note From the President

Greetings fellow users. I hope this email finds you all well and business is booming. For this month's message, I wanted to share with you a link to the last newsletter I wrote for my collection agency clients. I've been authoring a…

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2026

October 2026

Every Little Thing

Why the backup reminder you see every time you exit Debt$Net is being rewritten, and the “1,000 little things” behind a successful company. Plus the new debtnet.net, client-based restrictions and the DebtNet$Millennium demo site.

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May 2026

Presenting the Genesis Engine

The Genesis Engine, the DebtNet$Millennium tool that answers “which records?” for reporting, campaigns and mass updates without writing SQL. Plus a Debtor Contact Management update.

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April 2026

You Get an API! Everyone Gets an API!

Four DebtNet$Millennium APIs are complete, with more on the way and a goal of an API for every vendor in the industry. Plus Will Collect and Projected Recovery percentages on the 12 Month Recovery Report, and VoApps.

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March 2026

Why Millennium?

David J. Saxton on how DebtNet$Millennium got its name and what the platform is meant to become. Plus color highlighting on the Base Working Screen and the Millennium onboarding guide.

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February 2026

Introducing DebtNet$Millennium

DebtNet$Millennium, the modern platform integrated within Debt$Net Prestige 23 for reporting, data engines and API integrations, installed free with no downtime. Plus Past Statute Processing.

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January 2026

AI and Debt$Net®

How Debt$Net will adopt AI: carefully, with safeguards, building on years of automation that cut manual work. Plus posting transactions by type and an automated transaction hold date system.

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2025

December 2025

Free Custom Programming for Life!

A new pay-as-you-go model for custom programming: nothing up front, and payments that match what the customization saves. Plus enhanced Debtor Cross Links and Debtor Notes screens.

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November 2025

1 Million Dollars, Part 2

What a collection agency pays per user for its phone system, skip tracing and Debt$Net, and why the custom programming behind Dave’s own agency is being shared with every Debt$Net user. Plus the Client Extended Search Screen and a Reassigned Number Database FAQ.

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October 2025

1 Million Dollars, Part 1

David J. Saxton begins his President’s column with what it really costs a collection agency to send its first letter, from state licensing to software, security and training. Plus note entry by mass account change and two new modules.

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August 2025

New Collector Productivity Report

The first monthly Prestige 23 free feature, a collector productivity report that runs itself, plus tips for custom programming requests and a first note from new owner David J. Saxton.

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