PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE TO YIELD UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF POLITICAL EMAIL SPAM

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 14, 2004 – MailFrontier™, a pioneer in email security and leading provider of anti-spam solutions, today forecasted that more than 1.25 billion political spam emails will reach the inboxes of registered voters through the 2004 national election cycle. Based on early findings by MailFrontier Research, this year’s national election cycle will mark an unprecedented level of political email spam received by registered voters.

Political spam has already begun to hit email inboxes and will certainly intensify up to and during the 60-days prior to Election Day on November 2, 2004. Over the past 90 days alone, MailFrontier Research estimated a 50 percent increase in political spam.

The passage of the CAN-SPAM Act signed into law by President Bush on December 16, 2003 established the first national standards for sending commercial email and required the FTC to enforce its provisions. Although the jury is still out on weighing its effectiveness, one thing remains abundantly clear: inboxes are inundated with spam and fraudulent emails. Political email spam – email sent from or on behalf of a candidate for public office, or in support of a political issue or initiative – is differentiated from the legal requirements of commercial email spam under CAN-SPAM. This legitimate political email spam will reach new heights this election cycle as the Internet plays a particularly historic role as a direct and interactive communication vehicle with voters.

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 650 customers, including Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Pier 1 Imports, PNM Resources, 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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