Ford Motor Company Expands Relationship With Mail.com; Entire Ford Corporation Can Now Take Advantage Of MailWatch Virus Protection

Business Wire, August 1, 2000

Business & Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000

Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL), a leading global provider of Internet messaging services for businesses, today announced that Ford Motor Company, the world's second largest auto maker, has expanded its relationship with Mail.com. The expansion allows all of Ford's controlled affiliates, including Hertz and Mazda, to take advantage of Mail.com's MailWatch service, formerly MailZone, which guards Ford's corporate e-mailboxes against viruses and spam.

MailWatch is an Internet-based, platform-independent e-mail firewall solution that screens inbound and outgoing messages while they are still on the Internet. MailWatch acts as a first line of defense ensuring infected e-mails do not reach their intended destinations, without the need for client-side software or hardware. Completely transparent to the user, the MailWatch service effectively monitors and screens all e-mail, and eliminates the threat of rogue viruses from ever reaching the corporate network, providing an extra layer of protection and taking the burden off individual users. A low-cost, high value-added service, MailWatch not only saves companies money, but can save their e-mail infrastructure as well. In addition to protecting companies from viruses and spam, MailWatch guards against offensive and threatening content, and inappropriate attachments.

"Ford has been ahead of the game in recognizing the importance of a secure e-mail infrastructure," said Tom Murawski, chief executive officer of Mail.com Business Messaging Services. "Affording all of its affiliates with the opportunity to enjoy the same high level of protection that Ford's 170,000 worldwide corporate e-mailboxes have, highlights that competitive edge."

Concerns about the limitations of traditional anti-virus software were reinforced in early May with the virulent outbreak of the "ILOVEYOU" virus, also known as the "Love Bug." MailWatch was configured to block the virus in less than 20 minutes after the Company discovered it, instantly protecting all of MailWatch's clients against the onslaught of a virus that was being intercepted at an extremely rapid rate.

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is the world's second largest auto maker, with more than 370,000 employees in 200 markets on six continents. Its automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, Volvo and Th!nk. Its automotive-related services include Ford Credit, Quality Care, Hertz and Visteon Automotive Systems.

About Mail.com Business Messaging Services

Mail.com Business Messaging Services is a leading global provider of outsourced messaging solutions for businesses. Our solution set includes hosted Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise and Web/POP3-based e-mail and collaboration services; hosted e-mail firewall services such as virus scanning, spam blocking and content filtering; and a full range of Web-based, desktop and production Internet Fax solutions. Used by 9,000 corporations worldwide, Mail.com is the Company more enterprises turn to for outsourced messaging solutions. Information about Mail.com is available at http://www.mail.com.

About Mail.com

Mail.com Inc. is a one-stop resource for Internet messaging services, providing reliable feature-rich e-mail and Internet fax services to businesses, ISPs, Web sites and direct to consumers through its flagship Web site: http://www.mail.com. Mail.com has a technology infrastructure of IP network facilities in 20 key countries and currently serves more than 17.7 million seats and 9,000 corporate customers worldwide.

This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of Mail.com. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in Mail.com's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.