Corporations Brace for Onslaught of Holiday E-mail.DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Allegro's MailZone Service to Help Companies Keep Their E-mail Systems Running Smoothly With Free Blocking of Holiday-Related Attachments Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus is going to fill more than stockings this holiday season. St. Nick will stuff corporate e-mail boxes with electronic greeting cards and amusing executable files, crippling servers and delaying the delivery of important information and documents. "We are offering businesses a solution this holiday season that will block the attachments before they even reach the server," said Aaron Fessler, president and founder of Allegro. "Last year's increase in the number of large holiday attachments proved to us that business-critical operations were being slowed and even stopped because so many people were sending personal holiday messages with enormous attachments." To help companies protect their computer networks from this brand of holiday cheer, Allegro, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Mail.com (Nasdaq: MAIL), will again offer free e-mail attachment blocking from now through Jan. 15, 2000. Last year, companies taking advantage of Allegro's Internet-based MailZone service were able to stop 1 gigabyte of junk files - including holiday-related AVIs and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). videos - every 90 minutes. "Some of them are risque ris·qué adj. Suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety. [French, from past participle of risquer, to risk, from risque, risk; see risk.] Adj. , some of them are big," said Richard Bliss, Allegro's vice president of marketing. "You'll get irritated that you can't get your e-mail because these Christmas files are blocking it." "You're threatened by this problem on several levels," Bliss continued. "You're threatened on just the pure choking of your e-mail system; you're threatened on the potential for virus/executable damage; and you're also threatened on the potential legal ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of employees sending out offensive materials." Allegro provides e-mail outsourcing solutions for corporate users, who depend on MailZone to scan incoming e-mail for specific attachments. When a prohibited file is detected, it is removed. A notice is then delivered to the recipient and sender indicating the message was blocked. By scanning the e-mail before it reaches the company's server, Allegro's MailZone prevents the server slow-downs and crashes that otherwise may occur from the large file volumes. Interested companies can sign up for MailZone by calling an Allegro sales representative at 800/209-6245. Companies wishing to continue the service, which can be expanded to include virus scanning and content filtering, after the free period should contact Allegro for pricing information. About Mail.com Mail.com Inc. (http://corp.mail.com) is a leading Internet messaging company serving all four market segments that provide e-mail services: direct to consumers, Web sites, ISPs and corporations. Mail.com serves the consumer market through the Mail.com flagship site, www.mail.com, and over 40 high-traffic partner Web sites such as NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Time Warner, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. SportsLine, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Standard & Poor's and Snap.com. The company's ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. and corporate partners include AT&T, EarthLink, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) and Prodigy. About Allegro Allegro, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mail.com, is a leading provider of Internet messaging management, screening and hosting solutions to a wide range of corporate clients. Industries served include legal, healthcare, automotive, education and finance. Allegro was founded in 1995 for companies seeking an efficient, affordable and scalable alternative to managing e-mail internally. The company has evolved into a complete Internet messaging provider for organizations of all sizes. Since MailZone was released in January, more than 200,000 corporate e-mail users have subscribed. An average of 1,000 new users are signed on daily. |
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