Lyris Acquires SpamDetective Anti-Spam Software

Acquistion adds highly-effective Windows desktop product to Lyris antispam portfolio.

Berkeley, CA - 24 September 2002 - Lyris Technologies, a leading developer of email management and spam blocking software, and EmTec, a developer of communications software for Microsoft Windows, announced today that Lyris has acquired Emtec's SpamDetective antispam software.

The sale expands the reach of the Lyris antispam portfolio to the desktop. "Lyris has sold server-based antispam software since 1997, but businesses also wanted protection for individual employees," said Lyris CEO John Buckman. "Many solutions out there, however, are too aggressive for business users, blocking important, legitimate mail from customers and partners. We found that SpamDetective was the most effective desktop product that can block obvious spam without being too restrictive."

"I am very pleased that Lyris will be taking SpamDetective to the next level," said EmTec CEO Markus Schmidt. "SpamDetective's unique, 'fuzzy logic' scanner assigns a detailed spam score to each individual message, resulting in very high accuracy of detection. With the marketing power of Lyris behind it, I hope that many more companies will learn about and take advantage of this technology."

Lyris is marketing the acquired software as MailShield Desktop and MailShield Workgroup. About.com recently named MailShield Desktop as its top recommended antispam solution for Windows. Read About.com's review.

More information on MailShield Desktop and MailShield Workgroup can be found at: www.mailshield.com.

About EmTec
Based in Germany, EmTec develops communications software for the Windows platform. The company is best known for ZOC, its popular telnet and SSH client. For more information, visit http://www.emtec.com.

About Lyris Technologies, Inc.

Lyris Technologies (http://www.lyris.com) is the developer of Lyris ListManager, the world's best-selling email marketing software. Over 4,000 businesses — from Fortune 500 corporations to fast-growing startups — rely on ListManager for high-performance email campaign management and analytics. Lyris also offers Lyris ListHosting for outsourced email campaigns, the Lyris MailShield software suite for spam protection, and Lyris MailEngine for fast, efficient email delivery. Founded in 1994, Lyris was recently named one of the fastest growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.