ActiveState PureMessage Controls the "Other Half" of Email
Communication: Enterprises empowered with web-based policy builder
console

VANCOUVER, BC - MAY 6, 2003 - ActiveState, the leader in enterprise
email management software, today announced the release of PureMessage
4.0 with powerful, GUI-based control over email policy.  A server-based
email filtering solution, PureMessage enables the easy creation and
management of spam, virus, and other communication policies for inbound
and outbound message streams at the gateway.

PureMessage safely identifies and quarantines spam using a combination
of heuristics, spam directories, and spam signatures, delivering the
most effective spam filtering with low IT administration and end-user
effort.  In addition to protecting against spam and viruses, new
features in PureMessage 4.0 meet the "other half" of organizations'
email communication needs--the broad policy demands--by providing the
option to choose from more than 30 pre-created tests and actions. The
flexible policy module helps large organizations guard against IP
breaches, regulatory non-compliance, inappropriate content, and numerous
other requirements, thereby reducing corporate liability and increasing
productivity.

"We are instituting a corporate policy regarding inappropriate language
in emails, and needed an effective mail filtering solution that could
identify offensive content, spam, and viruses," said Matt Boex, systems
administrator at CNA Insurance, the fourth largest commercial insurance
provider in the U.S.  "We receive about 2.5 million emails a month, and
the flexibility and scalability of PureMessage, along with its Perl
text-processing and scoring-based system, is hard to beat.  The results
have been great from the start.  In the first two weeks alone,
PureMessage blocked 850,000 emails, and we received only three calls
about messages mistakenly quarantined."

PureMessage 4.0 Highlights
* Policy Framework - The web-based interface for inbound and outbound
rule creation includes:  stopping outbound offensive content, enforcing
branding requirements, applying legal disclaimers, monitoring
communication of confidential information, ensuring compliance with
industry regulations, keyword checks, forwarding, archiving, adding
disclaimers, and removing attachments.    
* Central Server Management - Enables centralized management of policies
and reporting across multiple mail servers for enterprise-wide and
global deployment.
* Additional Perimeter Security - Monitors activity to identify and
block Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and Directory Harvest Attacks
(DHA).
* Extended Reporting Capabilities - A suite of new reports and
auto-delivery scheduling including system productivity, most frequently
triggered anti-spam rules, top spam senders, top viruses by type, and
quarantine disk consumption.
* Email Digest - End user quarantines are easily reviewed and released
"on a click", through an auto-generated email delivered to users'
inboxes.  No need for calling the admin or having to log into a second
system for quarantine review. 
* Adaptive Learning Engine - A new training interface provides automated
tuning of the anti-spam rules for administrators to increase the
effectiveness of spam filtering. 

"To date, enterprises have been unable to find a solution in the market
that embraces the broader policy needs they are facing, while also
delivering time-tested spam protection," said Chris Kraft, director of
product management, ActiveState.  "PureMessage 4.0 fills this gap
providing for the consolidated creation and enforcement of anti-spam,
anti-virus, and other usage policies to optimize productivity and
minimize corporate risk."

"Organizations need to consider the legal ramifications of electronic
communication over the Internet.  Any racial, sexual, or offensive
material that travels over a network may open a door for later
lawsuits," said Masha Khmartseva, market analyst, Radicati Research.
"Implementing content and anti-spam filtering at the gateway provides an
extra line of security that can shelter an organization from a number of
angles:  liability, viruses, freeing up bandwidth, and increasing
productivity."

To register for a free webcast on the benefits of PureMessage, and/or to
learn more, visit http://www.ActiveState.com/PureMessage. PureMessage's
flexible, server-based pricing allows for unlimited user access, and
removes the requirement to track and report users.  The PureMessage 4.0
release is a free upgrade for current customers.  For additional
information, pricing, and free trial licenses, contact
EnterpriseSales@[...].com or 1.866.866.2802.

About ActiveState Corp.
ActiveState enables IT professionals and enterprises to increase
productivity and organizational efficiency.  The Company's PureMessage
product empowers organizations to take control of their email
communications to protect against spam and viruses, and to enforce email
policy.  Additional information on ActiveState's industrial strength
anti-spam software for enterprises and professional tools for
programmers is available at: http://www.ActiveState.com.

Media & Analyst Inquiries:
Lori Pike, ActiveState
LoriP@[...].com
604.808.6655

Kirsten Davidson, Horn Group
kdavidson@[...].com
415.905.4035

ActiveState and PureMessage are trademarks of ActiveState Corp. All
other company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright ActiveState Corporation 2003.

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