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The Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) Welcomes Comcast to its Board of Directors Group MAAWG's Third General Meeting To Be Held March 1st-3rd in San Diego WILMINGTON, Del., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), a group of communications and technology companies committed to eradicating spam, viruses and other forms of messaging abuse, today announced that Comcast has joined the group at the Board of Directors -- Sponsor level. With this addition, the MAAWG surpasses an addressable base of over 450 Million subscribers. Comcast has joined MAAWG in an effort to develop initiatives with all MAAWG members to address the messaging abuse problem in areas of technology, industry collaboration and public policy. "Comcast is dedicated to continuously providing our customers the best broadband Internet experience. This membership aligns with our company's focus on developing innovative and best-in-class communication solutions that keep our customers secure while exceeding their expectations," said Mitch Bowling, vice president of operations and technical support for Comcast Online. "Collaborating with other message service providers against abuse further demonstrates our commitment to continuously improving our customers' online communication experience," Bowling added. By addressing these areas, Comcast and the other MAAWG members hope to help prevent global spamming, virus and denial-of-attacks problems facing current and potential users. Addressing a single geographic region will not solve the problem. It requires companies working together across geographic regions in the areas of technology, collaboration and public policy to help resolve these issues. "We are excited to have Comcast as a part of MAAWG's board of directors. We look forward to working with them to help us define a set of ongoing best practices across providers to improve deliverability while eliminating spam and viruses," said Omar Tellez, Chair of the Outreach and Communications Subcommittee and Director of Market Development at Openwave. MAAWG's next general meeting will be held in San Diego, CA from March 1st to March 3rd, 2004. For more information on the meeting please go to http://www.maawg.org/. About MAAWG The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is an independent non- profit coalition of worldwide carriers and technology providers. MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse by working along three initiatives -- collaboration across operators, best practices technology, and providing an industry voice into public policy. MAAWG Members include: * Sponsors (Board of Directors) -- America Online -- Bell Canada (TSE:BC_pa.TO) -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) -- Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) -- Cingular Wireless (NYSE:SBC) -- Cloudmark -- Cox Communications (NYSE:COX) -- Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) -- EarthLink (NASDAQ:ELNK) -- France Telecom (Paris: FTE.PA) -- Goodmail Systems -- Openwave Systems (NASDAQ:OPWV) -- Verizon -- Yahoo! * Full Members -- Cablevision -- Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, Nasdaq: IIJI) -- IronPort -- Sprint -- Verisign * Supporters -- Bizanga LTD -- Checkfree Corporation -- Cincinnati Bell -- Fortinet Inc. -- Habeas Inc. -- Kelkea, Inc. -- MX Logic -- NetVision LLC -- Omniti Computer Consulting, Inc. -- Return Path, Inc. -- Singlefin -- Skylist, Inc. -- TDC -- TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom For further information, contact: Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group 572B Ruger Street P.O. Box 29920 San Francisco, California 94129-0920 Telephone: 1-415-561-6277 Executive Director, Jerry Upton BellSouth Brent Fowler 1-404-829-8722 Openwave Systems Nicole Arena 1-650-346-4293 Comcast Jeanne Russo 1-215-981-8552 EarthLink Alexandra Trask 404-748-7267 direct America Online Nicholas Graham 703-265-1801 Sprint Charles M. Fleckenstein 913-794-2943 DATASOURCE: Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) CONTACT: Jerry Upton, Executive Director of Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group +1-415-561-6277, ; or Brent Fowler of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8722, ; or Nicole Arena of Openwave Systems, +1-650-346-4293, ; or Jeanne Russo of Comcast, +1-215-981-8552, ; or Alexandra Trask of EarthLink, +1-404-748-7267 (direct), ; or Nicholas Graham of America Online, +1-703-265-1801; or Charles M. Fleckenstein of Sprint, +1-913-794-2943 Web site: http://www.maawg.org/

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