Press Releases
TechSoup Partners with Mailshell
to Protect Nonprofits from Email Spam
Donations of Acclaimed Anti-Spam Software Now Available
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - August 11, 2003 -
TechSoup.org, (www.techsoup.org), the technology website
for the nonprofit sector, today announced its partnership
with Mailshell (www.mailshell.com), creator of the SpamCatcher
anti-spam engine, to provide the nonprofit community
with donations of these award-winning products.
Billions of unwanted commercial e-mails
are sent each day. Spam not only constitutes a nuisance
for businesses and nonprofits alike, it causes a significant
loss of time and computer power. The cost of spam has
been estimated at $10 billion in the United States this
year alone. (Ferris Research, 2003).
To relieve nonprofits from this email
intrusion, Mailshell has donated elements of its enterprise
suite, including both a desktop and a server version
of its software, to TechSoup. All of Mailshell's products
are based on its core SpamCatcher engine, which is also
available to OEM customers as a software developers'
toolkit.
In addition to protecting individual computers,
this donation puts high-end enterprise software in the
hands of nonprofits that otherwise could not afford
such an acclaimed product.
Both solutions are available through DiscounTech
(www.techsoup.org/discountech), TechSoup's product philanthropy
service, for a small administrative fee. Customer support
for both products will be provided by TechSoup's customer
service team. The total retail value of the donation
exceeds one million dollars in the first year.
"This donation offers nonprofits access
to the same advanced spam-filtering engine that's deployed
at large enterprises, universities and government institutions,"
said Tonny Yu, president of Mailshell. "Mailshell is
honored to stand alongside companies like Symantec,
Microsoft and Cisco in support of CompuMentor's TechSoup."
Rebecca Masisak, Director and General
Manager of DiscounTech, added: "Nonprofits are always
strapped for time and money. Having to deal with spam
is an incredible waste of their scarce resources. We
commend Mailshell for donating their top-notch products
to the nonprofit community and helping our clients protect
their productivity in these tough times."
About Mailshell
Mailshell develops the award-winning SpamCatcher Engine,
the easiest solution to spam. The company's products
include anti-spam software developers' tools and a suite
of enterprise and personal anti-spam products. SpamCatcher
is the only anti-spam solution developed explicitly
to integrate spam-blocking technology with common IT
components, including security appliances, mail servers,
anti-virus applications and many others. Mailshell's
software recently earned an "Editor's Choice" award
in PC Magazine's review of spam filters, and has been
dubbed "priceless" by Forbes magazine, "excellent" by
the Associated Press and "easy to use" by CNET.
About TechSoup
TechSoup.org, the nonprofit technology website created
by CompuMentor, empowers nonprofits to succeed in the
Digital Age by providing timely and targeted technology
information and resources. TechSoup provides other nonprofits
with the tech know-how they need to more efficiently
and effectively achieve their missions. TechSoup partners
with a wide range of nonprofit and technology organizations
such as CNET, NPower and Philanthropy Journal to provide
content. TechSoup's weekly e-newsletter, TechSoup…By
the Cup, is distributed to more than 30,000 subscribers.
Through its product philanthropy service, TechSoup also
offers access to affordable technology products and
services just for nonprofits. Through this program,
nonprofits can receive donated and discounted software
and other technology products from leading technology
vendors - such as Microsoft, Cisco and Intuit - for
a small administrative fee. Since its inception in January
2002, the service has distributed more than 275,000
products to more than 14,000 nonprofit organizations,
saving the sector more than $50 million.
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Contact:
Franziska Marks, CompuMentor/TechSoup, (415)
633-9336, fmarks@compumentor.org
Stefan Pollack, The Pollack PR Marketing Group,
(310) 556-4443, spollack@ppmgcorp.com
