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To: Platter who wrote (20300)3/2/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: esterina  Respond to of 27307
 
Also good news for search engines.

Prodigy Internet Launches E-Mail Access
from Any PC; Prodigy and Mail.com Partner
for a Turn-Key Solution

Business Wire - March 02, 1999 08:31

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--Prodigy
Communications Corporation announced today the launch of Prodigy
MailLink(tm), a new Web-based e-mail program that allows Prodigy
Internet members to access their Prodigy e-mail from any PC connected
to the Web, anytime, anywhere. Prodigy has teamed with New
York-based Mail.com, the Internet messaging company, which
developed the online interface and technology featured in Prodigy
MailLink.

The service, which is offered exclusively to Prodigy Internet members,
gives subscribers the ability to check e-mail and send messages from
any PC with a Web browser and an Internet connection - a school or
library computer lab, a computer at the office, an airport kiosk, or a
friend's house - even if the PC is not connected to the Internet through
the Prodigy Internet service.

Additionally, because MailLink is Web-based and uses members'
existing personal e-mail address and password, Prodigy Internet
members can be assured of their privacy - even when accessing their
personal mail from work.

Prodigy MailLink takes the Web mail concept one step further: It
combines Prodigy's existing, standards-based POP3 e-mail service -
which customers can use with all standard mail clients (e.g., Internet
Explorer, Netscape, etc.) - with an online Web interface designed by
Mail.com. With one quick visit to Prodigy MailLink, subscribers can
easily access, store, create and manipulate their e-mail from any online
PC.

"We are proud to be working with Prodigy to provide its members with
this cutting-edge solution," said Lon Otremba, chief operating officer of
Mail.com. "Prodigy members are the first to take advantage of our
unique new Webmail service, which makes their e-mail so much more
valuable and easy to use."

Prodigy MailLink does not require the user to download any software
or adjust any server or personal settings on the browser. To access
e-mail, members will simply go to the Prodigy MailLink URL
(http://maillink.prodigy.net) and type in their Prodigy e-mail address
and password. The service is full featured, offering an address book,
multiple folders, and signature files.

"Prodigy MailLink is like a one-stop e-mail solution," said David
Trachtenberg, president and COO of Prodigy Communications
Corporation. "Now, all Prodigy Internet members have the best of both
worlds: the preferred functionality of POP3 mail with the flexibility of
Web-based access wherever they may be. We are pleased to team with
Mail.com to offer this service."