Morningstar Selects MailFrontier to Block Unwanted Email
MailFrontier’s Ease-of-Use and Effectiveness Score Well at Investment Research Firm

Palo Alto, Calif. – February 10, 2005– MailFrontier™, a leader in email security, today announced that Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, has implemented MailFrontier Gateway™ for spam and virus protection, as well as policy management. MailFrontier is defending Morningstar’s employees around the world against costly email threats.

Prior to the deployment of MailFrontier Gateway, spam accounted for a significant percent of Morningstar’s total inbound email volume, dramatically slowing performance of the firm’s email server. In addition, the daily spam volume impaired the productivity of the firm’s 820 email users. Morningstar researched leading anti-spam solutions, and selected MailFrontier based on its ease-of-use and effectiveness in stopping unwanted email.

“We wanted an anti-spam solution that was simple to use, so our end users could manage their own email,” said John Tipton, director of IT for Morningstar, Inc. “The entire experience with MailFrontier reinforced the product’s ease-of-use. From the sales process through installation and ongoing administration, MailFrontier exceeded our expectations. While spam volume has continued to rise over the last year, with 85 percent of inbound email as spam, we remain unaffected due to MailFrontier’s effective detection of email threats.”

During the evaluation period, a computer virus hit Morningstar and Tipton chose to immediately turn on the solution for the entire organization in the hopes of stopping the outbreak with MailFrontier’s analysis capabilities. MailFrontier provided an extra level of protection, blocking the virus and reducing the load on the company’s stand alone anti-virus solution. “While we needed a specific, cost-effective solution for spam, MailFrontier’s predictive statistical analysis capabilities helped us minimize virus problems too—a great added benefit,” says Tipton.

Although Tipton’s initial focus was finding a solution to stop spam, based on the effectiveness of MailFrontier in fighting spam and viruses through predictive analysis, Morningstar has also added MailFrontier Time Zero Virus Technology™, including signature-based anti-virus engines from Kaspersky and McAfee.

MailFrontier Gateway provides Morningstar with multi-layered protection, eliminating spam and viruses, and allowing employees to focus on critical research activities. The product deploys at the network perimeter, with minimal extended investment and virtually no additional administration, delivering complete protection against unwanted email, including spam, viruses and phishing. MailFrontier Gateway blocks 98 percent of spam, fights virus outbreaks faster, and eliminates phishing, keeping organizations such as Morningstar ahead of emerging email threats.

About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is a leading provider of email security solutions that stop unwanted email by protecting enterprises from the growing number of dangerous and costly email threats while giving them the ability to anticipate and stop new threats as they emerge. MailFrontier offers a comprehensive defense against all known email threats, including spam, viruses, phishing, blended threats and other attacks, such as directory harvest attacks. The company has more than 900 customers, including HealthEast Care System, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Pier 1 Imports, San Francisco Giants and Wyndham International. Founded in February 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.

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