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San Francisco, CA – June 21, 2004 – Brightmail, the global leader in anti-spam technology, today announced that Brightmail president and CEO Enrique Salem has received a Northern California's 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Emerging Software category. He was selected from 24 finalists in Northern California by an independent panel of judges for his vision, leadership and achievement and was recognized at an award banquet on June 18 th , 2004 at the Fairmont San Francisco.

"Hire great people and expect them to perform." This is a familiar refrain to those who have worked with Enrique Salem throughout his career and he brought this philosophy with him to Brightmail as the company's president and CEO. Salem's arrival at Brightmail in 2002 ushered in a refocus on the company's core competency – anti-spam software – as well as a new commitment to meeting the needs of the enterprise segment and the creation of a new sales distribution model. Under the innovative leadership of Salem, Brightmail has emerged as the recognized market leader in the anti-spam software category.

Salem will be eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 national award, which will be announced in November 2004.

About The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program
The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 100 cities and 35 countries.

About Brightmail
Brightmail, the global anti-spam market leader delivers technology that makes messaging environments secure and manageable. PC Magazine's EDITORS CHOICE for best enterprise anti-spam software, Brightmail Anti-Spam TM protects the email networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers, blocking unsolicited bulk email, or "spam", while assuring that legitimate mail is reliably delivered. Brightmail protects over 1,800 enterprises globally, including Avaya, eBay, Bechtel, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco, Cypress Semiconductors, Deutsche Bank, Eastman, Lucent Technologies, Macromedia, Microsoft, Motorola, SAS and Terra Lycos. Brightmail also provides spam protection for the leading Internet service providers, including AT&T WorldNet, Cox Communications, EarthLink, MSN, TelstraClear, Xtra and Verizon Online. Brightmail now protects approximately 300 million mailboxes worldwide. For more information, visit www.brightmail.com .

Note: Brightmail is a U.S. registered trademark. Brightmail Anti-Spam is a trademark of Brightmail Incorporated. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

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