Universities and K-12 Schools Turn to MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway as Threat to Email Grows
Integrated Email Security Solution Delivers Educators Unparalleled Ease of Use and Management

Palo Alto, Calif. – June 1, 2004 – MailFrontier, a pioneer in email security and leading provider of anti-spam solutions, has expanded its growing list of more than 500 enterprise customers to include a slate of new education institutions. Kutztown University, Northcentral University and Sacred Heart University have adopted MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway 3.0 email security software to protect against email threats such as spam, viruses, fraud and directory harvest attacks. MailFrontier continues to grow its education roster with customers such as Bellingham School District and Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, which have already deployed MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway.

“Education institutions should be able to focus on meeting the academic needs of their students first and foremost, and not have to worry about threats to their email infrastructure,” said Pavni Diwanji, CEO and co-founder of MailFrontier. “Today, email is just as critical a communication tool in the education sector as in corporate enterprises. MailFrontier’s integrated email protection solution provides a layer of security along with ease of deployment and management, enabling educational institutions to offer staff and students a reliable and productive communication environment.”

Email is a critical tool for today’s education institutions as students, parents, faculty, and administrators use email as a primary mode of communication. Among higher education institutions, students rely on email for critical functions from e-learning to registering for classes to communicating with professors on upcoming exams. K-12 institutions, in particular, have unique challenges in preventing explicit email content from reaching students, while keeping email productive and effective for administrators.

Northcentral University in Arizona faced unique challenges for its student email system and recently purchased MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway 3.0 to serve its users. “Electronic messaging is a critical component in our distance learning model,” says Jerry McArthur, IT systems manager at Northcentral University. “MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway has helped restore user confidence in email.”

Sacred Heart University in Connecticut recently installed MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway 3.0 to support its 3,500 users when it no longer could rely on its anti-virus solution and needed support for spam. “MailFrontier was the only solution that would allow us to incorporate an out-of-the-box Bayesian filtering method with individualized white/black listing, in addition to anti-fraud and anti-virus capabilities,” said Saburo Usami, director of networking, telecomm and IT security for Sacred Heart University. “I sleep well knowing that our email systems are safe and manageable thanks to MailFrontier.”

Whether its spam compromising productivity, or the more threatening fraudulent email already penetrating campuses, email threats can have a devastating impact on the education network—one that schools today cannot afford. As schools today face shrinking budgets, educators need to focus on students, not worry about email problems. MailFrontier’s solution blocks unwanted email from reaching the users’ inbox through an adaptive, self-running software suite providing proactive protection for email users.

About MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway
MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway is an integrated solution that not only protects against spam, fraud, viruses and directory harvest attacks, but also creates a manageable email security infrastructure. With dynamic LDAP integration, MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway fits easily into users’ current email environments. Additionally, the solution provides comprehensive reporting and notifications to educate users and inform system administrators of past, current and potential threats.

About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is a pioneer in email security, ensuring the continued vitality of email for business communication.  Enterprises need to keep email secure and productive. MailFrontier approaches this problem with a focus on email users, becoming the first company in the industry to provide a unique user-centric approach.  This comprehensive and integrated approach has now become the standard for email security offerings.  MailFrontier has more than 500 enterprise 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.  The company’s investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Menlo Ventures.  For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.

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