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Diners Club Selects Tumbleweed Solution; Secure Communications Channel Facilitates Rapid Delivery of Account Information

Business Wire, July 18, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2000

Tumbleweed Communications Corp.(R) (NASDAQ: TMWD), a leading provider of advanced e-mail solutions for business communications, today announced that Diners Club International has chosen Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange(TM) (IME(TM)) as its platform for secure online communications.

Tumbleweed IME is a platform and set of applications for creating secure communications channels between a business and its customers, partners, and suppliers. Diners Club will use IME to enable secure messaging between its corporate customers and employees.

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"With the volume of confidential account management information we must manage to effectively service our customers, we required an efficient online communications channel that would provide immediate access to critical account information without sacrificing security and confidentiality," said Charles Kim, vice president, operations technology, Diners Club. "Tumbleweed IME delivers what we require. We conducted significant testing before making the commitment to Tumbleweed IME as our online communications platform."

"Diners Club is committed to the highest security standards, which reflects the quality of their commitment to their customer base," said Jeffrey C. Smith, president and CEO, Tumbleweed Communications Corp. "We are delighted that Diners Club has chosen to entrust its online communications to Tumbleweed IME."

About Tumbleweed Communications Corp.

Tumbleweed Communications Corp. is a leading provider of advanced e-mail solutions for business communications. Our products and services enable businesses to create and manage secure online communication channels that leverage established e-mail networks and enterprise applications. Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange is a platform and set of applications for creating secure communications channels between a business and its customers, partners, and suppliers. Tumbleweed Messaging Management System is a comprehensive solution that extends internal e-mail systems to the Internet through centralized security, policy enforcement, filtering and archiving. Used together, Tumbleweed IME and Tumbleweed MMS automatically apply security policies and redirect sensitive e-mail for secure, trackable delivery. Companies that rely on Tumbleweed IME or MMS products include American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank, Datek Online, Daiwa, the European Union's Joint Research Council, the Food and Drug Administration, Mitsui & Co., Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, Northern Trust, Pitney Bowes, TD Waterhouse, Travelers Property Casualty, UPS, and the United States Postal Service.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to adoption of others of Tumbleweed technology. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 30, 2000, proxy statement filed April 17, 2000, Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2000 and Form S-1 filed July 11, 2000. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release.

Tumbleweed is a registered trademark and Integrated Messaging Exchange, IME, Messaging Management System and MMS are trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp.

Business Services Industry

Diners Club Selects Tumbleweed Solution; Secure Communications Channel Facilitates Rapid Delivery of Account Information

Business Wire, July 18, 2000

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