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StrongMail Systems Expands Partnership with Return Path

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2005--StrongMail Systems, Inc., the innovation leader in digital messaging infrastructure, announced today that its partnership with Return Path will include offering Return Path's new Campaign Preview service as part of its suite of StrongDelivery Tools. In addition, StrongMail Systems will make available to its customers email accreditation and whitelisting, offered by Return Path under its recently acquired Bonded Sender program.

StrongDelivery Tools are part of StrongMail Systems' overall products and services for helping companies achieve the highest possible rates of delivery for marketing, CRM and transactional emails. These Web-based tools complement StrongMail's intelligent bounce management capabilities, which provide the most comprehensive email deliverability reports and diagnostics in the industry. With Mailbox Monitor, clients can get a complete view of outbox-to-inbox results and, with tools such as the new Campaign Preview, they can proactively take steps to improve their content, rendering and placement results.

"StrongMail's mission is to restore the reliability of email as a critical channel for business communication and commerce and in so doing, become the infrastructure standard for email senders," said Frank Addante, founder of StrongMail Systems, Inc. "Managing delivery is a key factor in establishing trust amongst senders and receivers. We are pleased to partner with Return Path, a leading player in this space, and are committed to continuing to leverage our synergies."

"Return Path and StrongMail Systems enjoy a shared vision of giving publishers and marketers the tools that they need to increase the effectiveness of their email campaigns and to ensure that mailers' emails reach consumers' inboxes," said George Bilbrey, vice president and general manager of Delivery Assurance Solutions for Return Path. "This partnership will help clients access the powerful combination of our industry-leading solutions and gain unprecedented visibility into their email programs."

StrongDelivery Tools are available immediately and are already in use by several of StrongMail's marquee clients. This announcement is the latest in a series of strategic alliances within StrongMail Systems' delivery partner ecosystem, aimed at building the deepest selection of deliverability resources for enterprises and service providers. The relationship with Return Path is yet another testament to StrongMail's commitment to deliver an open system that enables clients to link to providers and partners that support their email programs. The two companies are also collaborating on other solutions to help email senders improve their practices, deliverability and email reputation.

About Return Path, Inc.

Founded in 1999, Return Path is an email performance management company dedicated to improving the reach, delivery performance and overall success of permission-based email programs. More than 1,500 companies use Return Path's services to generate superior results from their email programs, taking advantage of Return Path's pioneering innovation in deliverability, ECOA, list hygiene, double-opt-in list acquisition and best practices strategy. Solutions include list maintenance, deliverability, data acquisition, online sampling, marketing technology and email strategy. Return Path Delivery Assurance Solutions are the industry's original and premier email deliverability tools and services, and remain the only full-circle solution for solving email deliverability issues. The company's investors include Sutter Hill Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital, Flatiron Partners, and JP Morgan Partners. For more information, please visit www.returnpath.net, e-mail info@returnpath.net, or call toll-free 866-362-4577.

About StrongMail Systems, Inc.

StrongMail Systems, the innovation leader in email infrastructure software, is the only company that has solved the email challenge at its core, thereby empowering businesses to fix, enhance and extend their email communications. StrongMail Systems has pioneered the email application server - the industry's first complete, fully integrated infrastructure solution for outbound email. Companies use StrongMail software to email-enable disparate business assets, and deliver marketing messages, order confirmations, and other transactional communications seamlessly and in real-time. StrongMail is application agnostic and easily integrates with CRM, e-commerce and financial applications, as well as custom developed solutions to unlock the potential of email for enterprises, service providers and ISV's. Founded in 2002, StrongMail Systems is privately held and funded by Globespan Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures. The Company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, and can be found on the Web at www.strongmail.com.

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