Virgin.net Minimizes Spam and Introduces Email Virus Protection
with Critical Path Hosted Messaging
Spam Reduced by 93%; Nearly 20,000 Email Viruses Blocked Each
Day
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FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13,
2004--Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) today announced that
Virgin.net, the UK's fifth largest Internet service provider,
has deployed Critical Path(TM) Hosted Messaging to provide email
services -- with enhanced anti-spam and email virus protection
-- to its subscriber base. As announced on Critical Path's
first-quarter earnings conference call, more than one million
Virgin.net mailboxes were migrated to Critical Path's hosted
platform in April with no interruption to email services. Since
the migration, subscribers have seen a 93% reduction in spam and
the service is blocking nearly 20,000 email viruses each day --
a service enhancement that Virgin.net says has significantly
improved customer satisfaction.
"The migration to Critical Path was seamless," said Debbie
Phillips, operations director, Virgin.net. "Our customers now
experience no change in the way they access and use their email
apart from noticing the huge reduction in unsolicited mail. The
positive response from our customers has been very encouraging, but
that's not too surprising when you consider that every day we're
preventing about 2.5 million junk emails and tens of thousands of
email viruses from reaching the mailboxes of Virgin.net
customers."
Other then license information, personal information from Users who simply use JunkFilter Plus. (a) verifying whether an email is suspected as spam and (b) reporting suspected spam emails. (a) As part of its activity, the JunkFilter Plus software may contact IncrediMail's anti spam server (the " Spam Server") in order to verify that a certain email message is not spam. Spam Server some components of the messages. Such information shall NOT include the actual content of the email message (e.g. message text or attachments) nor the recipient name or email address or any other personally identified information.
Thinkpad Virgin.net is one the few UK ISPs to offer anti-spam and email
virus protection -- free of charge -- to all of its users.
But far from a mild annoyance, spam poses a major threat often helping to spread viruses or burying business critical messages. Governments around the world have spoken of their commitment to getting to grips with spam. In fact, the UK government introduced measures earlier this year to clampdown on the people who send unwanted emails. Under the new legislation spammers can face hefty fines. The problem is that the internet doesn't respect geographical borders and many spammers are outside of the UK government's reach.
Microsoft Critical Path Hosted Messaging is designed to block spam and
viruses -- without slowing down the delivery of legitimate email --
by coupling the advanced message protection capabilities of the
Critical Path(TM) Messaging Server, which include more than one
million custom filters, continuously updated black lists, stringent
IP-blocking and flow control, with the advanced technology of
Symantec AntiVirus(TM) Scan Engine and Brightmail Inc. Along with
these integrated anti-virus and anti-spam features, Critical Path
Hosted Messaging enables users to access email with any standard
POP client, such as Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) or Outlook Express.
Nyms not only combats spam, it is one more layer of protection against other email threats viruses, worms, spyware, adware, phishing scams, and more. Better than a spam filter, Nyms puts you in control of your incoming email because it uses disposable, alias addresses. When your Nyms email aliases are shared with spammers, you can simply disable that Nyms alias and stop the spam from flooding your real inbox. spam filter to pinpoint where unsolicited messages are coming from and kill spam at its source.
Laptop Computers In addition to improving customer satisfaction, Critical Path
Hosted Messaging enables Virgin.net to bring new services to market
faster. For example, this summer Virgin.net plans to trial a
Virgin-branded Webmail service with an integrated address book and
other features. Critical Path's hosted platform also paves the way
for future premium services, such as Web-based SMS, online
photo albums, PIM
synchronization, mobile email and alerts -- all of which can be
offered on an a la carte basis with automated subscriber
registration.
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Laptop Computer "Critical Path's hosted services make it easier for service
providers to reduce costs and stay competitive," said Tracy Currie,
general manager, hosted operations, Critical Path. "We enable
service providers to accelerate time-to-market for new offerings.
New features and services can be turned on with little to no
development work, and anti-spam and email virus protection is built
into our core offering, so service providers don't have to buy and
implement additional security solutions on top of email."
address! * Use Mailwahser Get a program like "Mailwasher" from Mailwasher.net that allows you to view the email you receive before you download it. The program makes it simple to delete dozens of emails, including viruses, before they reach your computer. * Use Your Filters Your email program most likely contains filters you can use to weed out emails containing the usual spam words like "opportunity, $$$, sex, viagra" and a host of others.
Desktop Computer Virgin.net was able to migrate to Critical Path's hosted
solution without changing any email addresses, login details or
passwords, so the change was virtually invisible to the end user.
The Critical Path solution also integrated seamlessly with
Virgin.net's existing provisioning and billing systems, allowing
everyday
business processes to remain the
same.
Notebooks About Critical Path, Inc.
Lenovo Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global provider of
digital communications software and services, headquartered in San
Francisco. More information is available at
www.criticalpath.net.
Hard Drive About Virgin.net
Travelstar Virgin.net (www.virgin.net) is the UK's fifth largest consumer
ISP with over half a million customers and is one of the only UK
ISPs to offer a range of Internet access options with no
restrictive contracts:
Gateway -- Virgin.net Broadband - No 12 month contract, GBP 24.99 a
month, free activation
Laptop Parts -- Virgin.net 24seven (unmetered access) - No 12 month contract,
GBP 12.49 a month, unlimited Internet access
Software -- Virgin.net Pay As You Go: No subscription, Internet access
from 1p per minute
Hard Drives Forward-Looking Statements:
Electronics This press release contains forward-looking statements by the
Company and its executives regarding the performance, security,
scalability and interoperability of our product and service
offerings, the ability of our customers to achieve cost savings in
the provision of services, industry trends, market and customer
requirements, the ability of our products and services to meet the
business needs of our customers, the market for products and
services like ours and the performance of our senior management in
achieving strategic goals. The words and expressions "look forward
to," "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for,"
"anticipate," "hope," "estimate" and similar expressions are
intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited
to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing
nature of the market for our
products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales
objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors'
technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and
market conditions, unplanned system interruptions and capacity
constraints, software and service design defects. These and other
risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the
Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(www.sec.gov) made from time to time including Critical Path's
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2004, Current Reports on Form 8-K, as may be
amended from time to time, and all subsequent filings with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). The
company makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect events or circumstances after the
date any such statement is made.
Canon Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are
the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. Symantec is a U.S. registered
trademark of Symantec Corporation. All other trademarks are the
property of their holders.
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Critical Path, Inc.
Michelle Weber, 415-541-2575 (For Reporters and Editors)
pr@criticalpath.net
Investor Relations, 415-541-2619 (Investors)
ir@criticalpath.net
www.criticalpath.net
or
Mantra PR (for Virgin.net)
Rebecca Rabin, +44 207 907 7810
rrabin@mantra-pr.com
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