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MIRAPOINT ENABLES ARABIC E-MAIL SERVICE TO OUTSOURCE INTERNET MESSAGING TO UK

Mirapoint, a leading provider of Internet messaging infrastructure products, has announced that Maktoob, the first Arabic-English e-mail service, has chosen Mirapoint products to manage the communications of its half a million, and growing, worldwide e-mail user base. Mirapoint's complete turnkey solutions provide next-generation messaging - using purpose-built solutions for message routing, switching, and storage. Each server used by Maktoob has the capacity to support some 250,000 users.

Co-located in the UK at Easynet Thames Valley, Maktoob's Mirapoint Internet Message Servers were chosen after a thorough evaluation that included products from Openwave, Netscape and Messaging Direct. One of the reasons Mirapoint was selected over the others was that it offered richer functionality such as distribution lists, filtering and anti-virus protection. Also, the other systems had a per-user price tag that would not be affordable with Maktoob's business model.

Samih Toukan, managing partner of the Jordanian based Maktoob, explains, "We decided on Mirapoint because it specializes in messaging solutions, which is our core business. We needed a powerful, fault-tolerant system that offered seamless management, especially because we are hundreds of miles away, and did not want to worry about potential hardware and software problems."

Designed to handle the explosive demand for Internet messaging, Mirapoint's servers have a performance and reliability far superior to freeware or general-purpose platforms such as UNIX™ systems or Windows™ NT servers. Also, because Mirapoint's products are built as dedicated systems, they avoid the complexity of the traditional component hardware and software approach, thereby ensuring that the required in-house e-mail expertise and management costs are exceptionally low.

Toukan continues, "Since we started using Mirapoint's Internet Message Servers, our customers have experienced little or no downtime, higher response speeds, and excellent anti-virus protection. We received outstanding pre-sales support, with all our queries dealt with swiftly and efficiently, and we were given free access to the test machines in no time at all. We're very impressed with the system's reliability and how easy it is to manage."

Joerg Bonarius, Mirapoint's EMEA marketing director, says, "Mirapoint's servers provide Maktoob with the industry's most scaleable and reliable messaging solutions. Maktoob wanted an IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) mail store that could work in a remote location, needed little administration, and had low total cost of ownership. The Mirapoint solution covers all these areas."

Maktoob has been so impressed with Mirapoint's server solutions that it is now using Mirapoint's Internet Message Router to manage outgoing mail. In the future it will also be utilized for incoming mail. The router offloads inbound and outbound message routing from heavily trafficked servers that store e-mail and Internet-based voicemail messages, faxes, pages and video clips. Designed to handle upwards of one million messages per day, the router has integrated virus detection and blocking technology from industry-leader Trend Micro, to monitor these messages, providing customers with the highest level of protection available.

About Maktoob
Maktoob.com is the first Arabic /English web based email solution and the leading virtual community for Arabs around the world. The company launched its solution in October 1998, which became an instant success among Arabs around the world. Its registered user base grew to over (500,000) members world-wide. For further information, visit the company's home page at www.maktoob.com.

About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is the market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.

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