LUCID8 AND AFTERMAIL FORM TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 12, 2005

Lucid8, the leading provider of automated, preventative maintenance software for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000, and 2003 and AfterMail, a global leader in enterprise e-mail intelligence, today announced a technology agreement to jointly deliver a true end-to-end e-mail maintenance and management solution for Microsoft Exchange. Together, Lucid8 and AfterMail will offer their respective customers a comprehensive Exchange archiving, compliance and maintenance solution, ensuring uptime, performance and reliability of Microsoft Exchange. Together, Lucid8 and AfterMail will offer their respective customers a comprehensive Exchange archiving, compliance and maintenance solution, ensuring uptime, performance and reliability of Microsoft Exchange.

As part of the agreement, Lucid8 and AfterMail will offer GOexchange 3.1, the latest release of Lucid8’s automated, preventative maintenance software in conjunction with AfterMail. For customers, this combination will deliver a complete suite enabling Exchange administrators to accomplish e-mail archiving, maintain e-mail compliance and safely maintain Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000, and 2003 environments. GOexchange is proven to remove thousands of hidden, silently accumulating database errors, increase disk space, and rebuild indexes to optimize exchange databases.

“With the increasing volumes of e-mail messages the likelihood of performance and availability issues with Microsoft Exchange servers is high. By combining Lucid8’s GOexchange solution with AfterMail, we can help our customers reduce their overall storage requirements while at the same time optimize the performance of their Exchange system,” said Rod Drury, chief executive officer, AfterMail. “Our customers can now improve the day-to-day manageability and performance of their mission critical e-mail system, while being able to achieve the longer term compliance and integration capabilities.”

AfterMail is a next generation e-mail management solution that addresses current e-mail archiving and compliance requirements, while providing a forward looking platform for e-mail enabling line of business applications.

"With e-mail systems at the core of business continuity, any unplanned downtime of Microsoft Exchange servers can result in lost productivity across an enterprise,” said Troy Werelius, CEO of Lucid8. “Together, Lucid8 and AfterMail are providing customers worldwide with a maintenance and management solution that not only drastically reduces Exchange disasters, but also improves productivity and performance.”

GOexchange 3.1 ensures consistent and flawless Exchange system maintenance execution that increases performance and stability, improves productivity and drastically reduces information store size, as well as administration and maintenance time. GOexchange is the only solution on the market today that enables customers to optimize the entire Exchange System, significantly minimizing unplanned downtime by repairing problems quickly and easily through automated maintenance.

About AfterMail
AfterMail is a next generation e-mail management solution that enables organizations to transform e-mail into a corporate asset and realize enterprise e-mail intelligence. AfterMail solves the existing problems of archiving, compliance, storage and knowledge management while also providing a platform for e-mail enabling line of business applications. AfterMail can be installed quickly, with minimal impact and requires no software to be installed on existing e-mail servers or end user computers. Founded in 2003, AfterMail is represented in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and Australasia. For more information, visit www.aftermail.com.

About Lucid8
Lucid8 is the leading provider of automated, preventative maintenance software solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server, and is an independent Microsoft Certified Partner. Established in 1996, Lucid8 has provided consulting, custom software development and disaster recovery services for Microsoft Exchange to businesses worldwide. Lucid8's GOexchange is the only automated, preventative maintenance solution for Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000, or 2003 Server that addresses all of the issues related to effectively managing and maintaining the Exchange environment. Unlike any other software solution, GOexchange ensures consistent and flawless maintenance execution that increases system performance and stability. GOexchange serves over 500 customers ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses across North America. For more information, visit www.lucid8.com or calling Lucid8 at 425.451.2596, Extension 1.

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