First American Selects Mirapoint Messaging Platform; Mirapoint Provides Increased Reliability Combined With Low TCO for Fortune 500 Enterprise.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003

Mirapoint, a leader in solutions for message networks, today announced that The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) has standardized on Mirapoint solutions to provide enhanced email communications for its 1,300 offices worldwide and more than 30,000 distributed employees. Mirapoint systems replace First American's previous solution and provide email services using Mirapoint's Message Server and Message Director products.

Working with Mirapoint Professional Services, First American was able to quickly migrate from its previous email solution to the Mirapoint platform in a matter of hours and has dramatically increased the overall reliability and performance of its business-critical message network. First American users no longer need to deal with numerous error messages and server timeouts typical of the previous solution. First American also benefits from improved logging and reporting data on its incoming and outgoing traffic, as well as other features Mirapoint delivers for securing First American's email communications.

"Mirapoint's messaging solution allowed us to quickly and transparently migrate from our legacy platform in less than a day, and gives us the ability to easily add advanced services such as spam filtering and anti-virus protection for better message network security," said Jeff Klopfer, Vice President IT Operations Interactive Division at The First American Corporation. "Mirapoint's proven reliability and performance, combined with low total cost of ownership made Mirapoint products an obvious choice when it came time to select a new messaging platform."

"As large enterprises like First American work to address emerging security threats and regulatory requirements that impact their message networks, Mirapoint provides reliable and secure systems to assure that critical messaging information is protected and readily accessible at all times," said Bill Messer, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Customer Services at Mirapoint. "Add to that Mirapoint's enterprise-class features for group calendaring, as well as advanced security capabilities for archival and policy-enforcement, and customers that standardize on Mirapoint have a strategic platform that addresses the end-to-end needs of their increasingly important message networks.

About The First American Corporation

The First American Corporation, a FORTUNE 500 company and the nation's leading diversified provider of business information, supplies businesses and consumers with the information resources that affect the major economic events of people's lives, such as getting a job; renting an apartment; buying a car, house, boat or airplane; securing a mortgage; opening or buying a business; and planning for retirement. The First American Family of Companies, many of which command leading market share positions in their respective industries, operate within seven primary business segments including: Title Information and Services, Specialty Insurance, Trust and Other Services, Mortgage Information, Property Information, Credit Information and Screening Information. With revenues of $4.70 billion in 2002, First American has nearly 25,000 employees in approximately 1,400 offices across the United States and abroad. More information about the company and an archive of its press releases can be found at www.firstam.com.

About Mirapoint

Mirapoint(R) is a leader in solutions for message networks used by service provider, enterprise, education and government institutions. Customers use Mirapoint solutions to build message networks that intelligently route, store, access and manage Internet messages, including email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company has more than 600 customers worldwide. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.