3R Soft Ships Award-Winning Web-Based E-mail Server Solution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000

3R Soft, developers of web-based communications solutions, today unveiled a feature-rich, fully customizable web-based e-mail server program. Named MailStudio@MESSAGE, the new program enables instant access to users' mailboxes -- anytime, anywhere, and from any Internet-capable device or viable platform.

MailStudio@MESSAGE is a robust product that enables businesses to cost-effectively provide full-function e-mail service to employees from any location, as they travel or work from home. Easy to install and use, MailStudio@MESSAGE provides stability, security, reliability, scalability, and award-winning performance with minimum maintenance.

"We are delighted with the high degree of market acceptance 3R Soft products have earned," said Richard Hwang, Director of Business Planning with 3R Soft. "MailStudio@MESSAGE's predecessor, MailStudio 2000, has been awarded the coveted 5 Penguins award, the highest rating possible from TUCOWS. The product has also received the Best of Linux Award from DaveCentral. In addition, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, VA Linux Systems, and IBM have selected MailStudio 2000 as an Official Solution Partner."

Features

MailStudio@MESSAGE provides a calendaring and scheduler function that allows users to add entries, modify, and browse their schedule, similar to the way they are used to managing their calendar.

The product also provides anti-Spam and anti-virus protection. Mail that the user does not wish to receive can be registered as Spam mail. A filter will intercept all future incoming mail from specified senders or domains. In addition, all incoming attachments are scanned and cleaned of viruses.

MailStudio@MESSAGE can simultaneously support web-based POP3 mail access for enhanced usage. Users can also use client e-mail software such as Outlook Express, Messenger, or Eudora to access a POP3 server when using a designated system. This allows users to use any device or platform they have access to -- anywhere and at anytime -- in order to send/retrieve e-mail and POP3 e-mail. All messages are stored on the MailStudio server, as opposed to residing on the user's hard disk.

Also supported is a web-accessible bulletin board system (BBS) with a comprehensive set of tools for BBS creation, deletion, and management.

3R Soft, Inc.

3R Soft, Inc. is an innovator in developing web-based communications solutions. With offices in the United States, China, Japan, and Korea, 3R Soft is dedicated to providing easy-to-use and convenient-to-manage communication technologies with universal appeal for the wired world.

3R Soft, Inc. licenses its products to many types of customers in need of a web-based e-mail solution. With more than 12 million licensed mailboxes and the number still growing, 3R Soft's messaging solution has quickly gained market acceptance since the introduction of MailStudio 2000 in early 1999.