Critical Path Teams With Network Solutions; Leading Provider of Outsourced Email Service to Provide Back-Office Support for Dot Com Mail.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998--Critical Path, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced email services for Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs), Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies, Web portals, and corporations, today announced the signing of an agreement with Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NSOL). Network Solutions is the global registrar of Internet addresses ending .com, .net, .org, and .edu. Under the terms of the agreement, Critical Path will provide back-office support for Network Solutions' Dot Com dot com - com Mail(TM). Dot Com Mail's bundled offering will include Internet address reservation for future World Wide Web use, plus two electronic mailboxes. Reserved addresses may be used as email addresses immediately, even before the address owner creates an associated World Wide Web site. Dot Com Mail service includes integrated POP3 and 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. access, and comprehensive spam blocking. "Business-to-business email has quickly become a mission-critical application," said David Hayden, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Critical Path. "Critical Path's industry-leading messaging infrastructure will provide Dot Com Mail users with "dial tone" reliability -- email that's always available." For a limited time, new and existing NSI See Network Solutions. NSI - Network Solutions, Inc. Internet address reservation customers will receive Dot Com Mail for free. After the special introductory offer expires, users will be charged $4.95 per electronic mailbox per month. Individuals and businesses may use Network Solutions' secure, five-step process to choose and reserve a domain name and receive email service by visiting www.networksolutions.com, or by calling 888/642-9675. About Critical Path Critical Path is a privately-held, venture-backed corporation founded in 1997 by David Hayden and Wayne Correia. With a mission to "handle the world's email," the company has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers directly connected to key Internet exchange points See IXP and NAP. , and is currently under contract to host over three million mailboxes for ISPs, Web hosting companies, Web portals, and corporations. Critical Path provides virtually unlimited scalability, the fastest access to the Internet via multiple direct connections, SSL-based security, and the reliability of redundant, load-balanced hosts. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . For more information, please call Critical Path at 415/808-8800, or visit the Critical Path Web site at www.cp.net. About Network Solutions Founded in 1979, Network Solutions, Inc. pioneered the development of Web addresses ending in .com, .net, .org, and .edu. NSI also provides enterprise network consulting services, focusing on network engineering, network security and network management solutions for commercial customers. For more information, visit www.networksolutions.com. Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders.
CONTACT: Critical Path Inc.
Cindi Bennett, 415/808-8712
Email: cindi@cp.net
or
Network Solutions
Cheryl Regan, 703/742-4847
Mobile: 510/517-4908
Email: cherylr@netsol.com
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