Press Releases
Third Annual "Stop Spam
Today!" Campaign to Aid Over 100,000 Nonprofits
Free Anti-Spam Software Available on 12/14 and 12/15/05
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 21, 2005
- TechSoup and Mailshell today announced the third annual
"Stop Spam Today!" Campaign (www.stopspamtoday.org),
a nationwide effort to help nonprofits and public libraries
fight spam by providing free information, resources,
and tools. The campaign culminates on December 14 and
15 with a 48-hour giveaway in which nonprofits and libraries
can visit www.stopspamtoday.org to order free copies
of Mailshell's Anti-Spam Desktop software. More than
100,000 copies of free anti-spam software were distributed
during last year's "Stop Spam Today!" event, an increase
of 33% over the 2003 campaign, and TechSoup expects
even greater participation this year.
Qualified public libraries, U.S. nonprofits
and Canadian charitable organizations that are registered
with TechSoup Stock are eligible for the give-away.
Organizations that are not already registered are strongly
encouraged to pre-register at TechSoup Stock (www.techsoup.org/stock)
before December 14, 2005. There is no cost to register
or to participate in the program. Pre-registration will
start the qualification process and will expedite order
processing and delivery. On December 14 and 15, all
registered organizations need to place their software
order within 48 hours through www.stopspamtoday.org.
"In the recent years, nonprofits have
become more knowledgeable about spam and computer security,"
said Rebecca Masisak, General Manager and Vice President
of TechSoup Stock. "However, spammers are always at
least one step ahead. And because of that, it remains
vital to nonprofits to protect themselves against this
continuous threat."
The month-long educational component
of the 2005 "Stop Spam Today!" Campaign strives to help
nonprofits and public libraries defend themselves against
email-borne security threats including identity theft,
fraud, phishing, and spam. Every week from November
8 until December 15, 2005, TechSoup will address a crucial
spam-related topic and provide nonprofits with educational
content highlighted on a special page devoted to spam.
In addition, nonprofits will be able to share their
email security-related questions and solutions in TechSoup
discussion forums. For just 48 hours, on December 14
and 15, 2005, nonprofits can request the free software
at www.stopspamtoday.org.
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 400,000 visits from people who are looking
for nonprofit tech know-how to achieve their missions.
TechSoup 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'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 1.7 million products to 50,000
nonprofit organizations and freed up over $400 million
for other uses.
TechSoup.org's weekly e-newsletter, TechSoup...By
the Cup, is distributed to more than 54,000 subscribers.
About Mailshell Inc.: Mailshell
is the leading provider of anti-spammer and anti-phisher
engines for OEMs. Mailshell helps its OEM partners,
including Computer Associates, Oracle Corporation, CyberGuard,
Panda Software, ZyXEL, Broderbund, Rockliffe and Lyris
Technologies, among others, generate new anti-spam revenue,
upsell existing products to new anti-spam customers,
and cut anti-spam engineering and support costs to near
zero. Companies can integrate the Mailshell Engine into
their existing product or application using Mailshell's
development toolkit, the Mailshell Anti-Spam SDK. Via
Mailshell's OEM partners, more than 6,000 companies
and 10 million consumers worldwide rely on SpamCompiler
software 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
