YupiMSN Combats Hotmail Spam with Brightmail.

The MSN global network of Internet services and Brightmail Inc. announced a strategic alliance to reduce the amount of spam reaching YupiMSN Hotmail® accounts. Through this agreement, YupiMSN, a leading network of Spanish-language Internet sites and a Microsoft and TELMEX company, will deliver to its more than 17 million YupiMSN Hotmail Spanish-speaking users a more useful communications experience, significantly decreasing the number of unsolicited junk e-mail messages reaching their accounts. Unsolicited bulk e-mail is an industry wide concern that has increasingly plagued consumers. MSN and Brightmail expect the solution to be fully deployed on the YupiMSN Hotmail network by the end of 2002.

Under the agreement, Brightmail, the leader in anti-spam technology, will deploy its Brightmail Solution Suite to filter spam at the incoming SMTP gateway, before it’s delivered to the Hotmail user’s inbox. Leveraging the Probe Network, a collection of more than

200 million e-mail addresses designed to attract spam, Brightmail’s patented technology will automatically identify and eliminate spam before it reaches Hotmail users’ mailboxes. Brightmail’s proven solution provides superior protection against unsolicited junk e-mail by offering a dynamic technology that keeps pace with constantly evolving spam.

“Unsolicited junk e-mail is a global problem in the industry today that affects not just Hotmail users, but e-mail users everywhere,” said Oscar Coën, President of YupiMSN. “Joining forces with a leader such as Brightmail underscores YupiMSN’s continued commitment to aggressively fight spam and provide our users with a world-class e-mail experience.”

“Brightmail is excited to work with YupiMSN to help shield the millions of Hotmail users from the ever-growing flood of spam, which threatens the viability of e-mail as a universal communication tool,” said Enrique Salem, president and CEO of Brightmail. “This alliance is a milestone in our mission to eliminate spam through the development and deployment of our premium anti-spam technology.”