MailFrontier Gateway Receives Industry Accolades
MailFrontier Recognized with Network Computing Editor's Choice Award, IT Week Labs Excellence Award, and SC Magazine Award Finalist

PALO ALTO, Calif. - December 6, 2005 – MailFrontier™, the leader in email security, today announced that MailFrontier Gateway™ has received several recent industry acknowledgements, including awards from leading IT publications. MailFrontier Gateway Sever secured the Editor’s Choice award in the influential Network Computing enterprise anti-spam review, MailFrontier Gateway Appliance M500 received the IT Week Labs Excellence Award, and MailFrontier Gateway has been named a finalist for the SC Magazine Readers Trust Awards 2006 in two categories – Best Anti-Spam and Best Email Security.

“These accolades from leading IT influencers validate MailFrontier’s best-of-breed technology and the core value proposition of our product offering – effective and easy to manage email security,” said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of MailFrontier. “Our customers, particularly those in the mid-enterprise market, cannot afford to spend hours managing complex email security systems. They need email to run smoothly – like electricity. MailFrontier is effectively making email good again as recognized by these awards.”

Network Computing Editor’s Choice
Network Computing noted that its selection of MailFrontier Gateway Server as the Editor’s Choice was based on the product’s “elegant and effective engine design and comprehensive reporting.” MailFrontier was selected as the Editor’s Choice over five other vendors participating in the review including Symantec, Cloudmark, Red Earth Software, Commtouch Software, and Sunbelt Software. Competitive technologies were evaluated on accuracy, administration and configuration, reporting, and cost. The review applauds MailFrontier’s technology including the following the benefits:

• “installed in a snap”
• “ spam engine design is simple, but highly effective”
• “ reporting features were the best in class”
• “the only software we tested that specifically works to detect phishing attacks by classifying their reputations in a different category”

The review, titled “Spam Filters, Still Sick of Spam” ran in the November 24, 2005 issue of Network Computing and can be found at http://www.nwc.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173602950

IT Week Labs Excellence Award
The MailFrontier Gateway Appliance M500 was recognized by IT Week with its Labs Excellence Award 2005, honoring products that demonstrate quality and excellence in their categories. IT Week noted that MailFrontier was given this award for “its value and effectiveness.” More information can be found in the November 28, 2005 issue of IT Week at http://www.itweekmagazine.com/issues/issue148.pdf

SC 2006 Awards Finalist
MailFrontier Gateway also has been named a SC 2006 Readers Trust Awards finalist in two categories – Best Anti-spam and Best Email Security. With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, the SC Awards are the world’s leading awards program for the information security industry. The SC Awards recognize technical excellence and professional achievement across a variety of different categories and were developed to bring attention to the industry's top products and highlight the professionals that have both created them and use them within their companies. The US SC Awards ceremony will take place February 14, 2006 in San Jose.

About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is the leading provider of email security solutions that protect organizations against threats such as spam and viruses, provide control for content compliance and enable consolidation of email infrastructure. The MailFrontier platform provides power without complexity. The company has more than 1,500 enterprise customers, including HealthEast Care System, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., OfficeMax, Pier 1 Imports, San Francisco Giants, SAP and Wyndham International. Founded in 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com .

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