ActiveNames Upgrades Its Email Change Of address service; Free Consumer Service Adds Privacy Controls, Eliminates "Undeliverable Mail" Messages.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 ActiveNames, the email change of address(tm) service, has upgraded its free, critically acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. downloadable plug-in for consumers, adding new privacy control features while trimming software size to a slim 150K. The latest ActiveNames improvements were all prompted by user feedback, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Brad Shapiro, vice president of marketing and business development at ActiveNames, Inc. "Our users told us that privacy is their number one concern - they want total control over who has access to their new email address See Internet address. ," says Shapiro, "and they want it in a sleek, easy-to-use package that downloads in seconds and works quietly in the background." The ActiveNames service, which instantly alerts users whenever email is sent to a user's outdated email address, has been updated to include: - optional privacy settings that allow the user to personally approve each request for access to his or her new email address. - the ability to alert all contacts to a change of email address, whether or not those contacts are ActiveNames users. - a search feature that can be used whenever any web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. user gets mail returned as "Undeliverable un·de·liv·er·a·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to deliver: undeliverable mail. un ," which will either provide the user with the recipient's updated email address or generate a request for the updated address. - the option to register both a home email address and a work email address. - improved functionality that operates quietly "in the background." "There are lots of reasons why people need to change email addresses," observes Shapiro. "Most of us have probably already changed email addresses at least once since we first got online, either because we switched jobs, changed ISPs, or just needed to get away from some annoying email correspondent. But there's absolutely no reason to lose track of the email contacts you really care about just because you change your email address." The ActiveNames product lines consist of non-intrusive solutions that work in conjunction with all Internet-based email applications and significantly improve email delivery rates. Email Tracking See e-mail tracker. (tm), the company's core patent-pending technology, provides the burgeoning Internet community with the first automated address change service for email. ActiveNames currently offers two solutions that incorporate the technology - a free plug-in for consumers that can be downloaded online for personal use with virtually any email program See e-mail program. , and a customized server version for online businesses of all sizes. The newest version of the free Active Names plug-in for consumers is available now at www.activenames.com. About ActiveNames ActiveNames is the email change of address(tm) service for the Internet. ActiveNames offers a free, downloadable plug-in that enables consumers to stay in touch with friends, family and business contacts regardless of changes to email address. ActiveNames also offers a business solution, which allows organizations with large email lists to automatically update customers' email address changes, substantially improving email delivery rates. ActiveNames is a privately-held company headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with research and development operations in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel. (http://www.activenames.com). |
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