LAST EDITED ON Feb-03-08 AT 11:21 PM (PST)
 
Hi All,

I'm not sure if its Bo's script or MrRat's / http://www.mrrat.com script - because I have a few "long-neglected sites" that I have not updated MrRat's amazon script for ages. I know its a bad practice...

But anyway, I've got this notification from Amazon saying that I'm using the old method to connect to amazon.

I was trying to contact Bo regarding to this, but it seems like his both sites I know of are parked at GoDaddy or expired already.

I wonder if anybody here knows if we can still use Bo's script after March 31?

The following is the message from Amazon:

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Amazon Associates ECS Shutdown Announcement

Dear Amazon Associate,

We are writing to remind you that the Amazon E-Commerce Web Service 3.0 is scheduled to be deprecated on March, 31 2008. Our monitoring indicates that your associate tag is being passed into calls to Amazon E-Commerce Web Service 3.0. After March 31, 2008, we will no longer accept Amazon ECS 3.0 requests. Please make sure to contact your development team or application provider to ensure that they have upgraded to Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0 (formerly Amazon E-commerce Web Service 4.0) so that you or your customers are not affected by the shutdown.

Amazon ECS 3.0 shutdown was announced < http://tinyurl.com/2zxtm4 > a year ago in February 2007. Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0 has had complete feature and data parity with Amazon ECS 3.0 since June 2006 (Version: 2006-06-28). We will re-invest the existing maintenance effort saved by discontinuing Amazon ECS 3.0 into Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0 to allow for the introduction of more features and capabilities.

In preparation of the March 31st shutdown, the Amazon ECS 3.0 web service will be unavailable between 10am and Noon PST on February, 19 2008, 10am and 2pm PST on March, 4 2008 and 10am and 4pm PST on March 11 and March 18 2008.

Please refer to the migration guide < http://tinyurl.com/ysorqy > for assistance in mapping Amazon ECS 3.0 calls to their Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0 equivalents or visit the Amazon Associates Web Service Developer Forum < http://tinyurl.com/2535za > to connect with other Amazon Associates.

We thank you for being part of Amazon's Associate Program and look forward to your continued support.

Sincerely,

The Amazon Associates Team

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