Press Releases
"Stop Spam Today!" Campaign for Nonprofits
Launches Today
Free Anti-Spam Software Available On 12/15/04
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 9, 2004 -
TechSoup.org and Mailshell today announced the second
annual "Stop Spam Today!" Campaign (www.stopspamtoday.org),
a nationwide effort to help nonprofits fight spam by
providing free, essential information, resources and
tools. The campaign culminates on December 15 with a
one-day giveaway in which nonprofits can visit www.stopspamtoday.org
to order free licenses of Mailshell's Anti-Spam Desktop
software.
Qualified U.S. nonprofits and Canadian
charitable organizations that are registered with TechSoup
Stock are eligible for the give-away. Organizations
who are not already registered are strongly encouraged
to pre-register at TechSoup Stock (www.techsoup.org/stock)
before December 15. There is no cost to register or
participate in the program. Pre-registration will start
the qualification process and will expedite order processing
and delivery. On December 15, all registered organizations
need to place their software order through www.stopspamtoday.org.
More than 75,000 copies of free anti-spam
software were distributed at last year's "Stop Spam
Today!" event. With up to 75% of all email considered
to be spam today, TechSoup and Mailshell expect the
numbers to dramatically increase this year.
Lynn Stott, director of TechSoup.org,
said, "TechSoup is all about making it easy for nonprofits
to find technology know-how and tools to get the job
done. Last year's very successful 'Stop Spam Today'
event made evident that nonprofits do need support on
many levels to fight spam. This year, we offer nonprofits
information on all crucial spam- related topics. We
hope that many organizations will join our campaign
and learn how to best protect their inboxes."
"In the last year we've seen new, more
devious and more dangerous types of spam than ever before,"
added Eytan Urbas, vice president of Mailshell. "Nonprofits
suffer from spam just as much as the corporate sector.
But many nonprofit are not able to purchase the newest
and most advanced software solutions, so we're delighted
to provide them with a much-needed holiday gift."
The month-long educational component
of the 2004 "Stop Spam Today!" Campaign strives to help
nonprofits defend themselves against spam-borne threats.
Every week from November 9 until December 15, 2004,
TechSoup.org will address a crucial spam-related topic
and provide nonprofits with new, educational content
highlighted on a special page devoted to spam. In addition,
nonprofits will be able to share their spam questions
and solutions in TechSoup.org discussion forums. On
December 15, 2004, nonprofits can request the free software
licensing at www.stopspamtoday.org.
From November 29 to December 3, a special
TechSoup.org online event led by Dr. Bill Pease of GetActive
will focus on helping nonprofits ensure their outgoing
communications do not get classified as spam.
For details on the "Stop Spam Today!"
Campaign, including eligibility and pre-registration,
please visit www.stopspamtoday.org.
About TechSoup: TechSoup.org (www.techsoup.org)
is the technology Web site for nonprofits created by
CompuMentor (www.compumentor.org). Each month, TechSoup.org
receives almost 200,000 visits from people who are looking
for nonprofit tech know-how to achieve their missions.
TechSoup.org features more than 380 how-to
articles on 16 technology topics, 15 community discussion
forums, a technology news section, and the TechFinder
service provider directory. Nonprofits also have access
to TechSoup.org's technology product philanthropy service,
TechSoup Stock (formerly DiscounTech). TechSoup Stock
provides access to donated and discounted technology
products from over 25 leading providers such as Cisco,
Intuit and Microsoft for a small administrative fee.
Since its inception in January 2002, the service has
distributed more than 866,000 products to 27,000 nonprofit
organizations and freed up over $245 million for other
uses.
TechSoup.org's weekly e-newsletter, TechSoup…By
the Cup (http://www.techsoup.org/tools/newsletters.cfm),
is distributed to more than 45,000 subscribers.
About Mailshell Inc.: Mailshell
is the OEM anti-spam leader and the first and only anti-spam
engine in the world with SpamCompiler Technology. More
than 4,000 companies and 10 million consumers worldwide
rely on the Mailshell Anti-Spam Engine to block spam.
For more information visit http://www.mailshell.com.
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Contact:
Franziska Marks, TechSoup, (415) 633-9336, fmarks@compumentor.org
Stefan Pollack, The Pollack PR Marketing Group,
(310) 556-4443, spollack@ppmgcorp.com
