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America Online Joins the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL, and Martin Deen, Manager of Messaging Engineering at Cox Communications, have been Appointed to Co- Chair of the Collaboration Subcommittee WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), a group of communications and technology companies committed to solving spam, viruses and other forms of messaging abuse, today announced that America Online joined the group. America Online joins a working group that also includes: Bell Canada BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) Cloudmark Cox Communications (NYSE:COX) EarthLink (NASDAQ:ELNK) Goodmail Systems Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, Nasdaq: IIJI) Openwave Systems (NASDAQ:OPWV) TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom (AMEX:TDS) Verizon "We welcome America Online to the MAAWG, and look forward to work with them to help define a set of best current practices across service providers to improve deliverability", said Richard Wong, MAWWG's chairman and Openwave's General Manager. "America Online is committed to improving our customers' messaging experience. To do so, we must cooperate to find common solutions for eliminating spam and other unwanted communications and security threats," said Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL. Also, Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL, and Martin Deen, Manager of Messaging Engineering at Cox Communications, have been appointed to Co-Chair of the Collaboration Subcommittee. In this role, Carl and Martin will be driving the development of best current practices and code of conduct for service providers. Founded in December of 2003, MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse on three fronts -- collaboration, technology and public policy. Members of MAAWG are working collaboratively to address and mitigate messaging abuse problems-including spam, viruses, forgery, fraud and other malicious attacks- affecting both broadband and mobile service providers and their customers. MAAWG's next general meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA from November 1st to November 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: America Online Bell Canada BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) Cloudmark Cox Communications (NYSE:COX) EarthLink (NASDAQ:ELNK) Goodmail Systems Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI) Openwave Systems (NASDAQ:OPWV) TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom (AMEX:TDS) Verizon For more information on MAAWG, please visit http://www.maawg.org/ 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 EarthLink Carla Shaw 1-404-748-7436 Verizon Briana Gowing 1-972-718-6202 Nicholas Graham Spokesperson, America Online 703-265-1801 DATASOURCE: Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group CONTACT: Executive Director,Jerry Upton of Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, +1-415-561-6277, ; Brent Fowler of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8722, ; Nicole Arena of Openwave Systems, +1-650-346-4293, ; Carla Shaw of EarthLink, +1-404-748-7436, ; Briana Gowing of Verizon, +1-972-718-6202, ; or Nicholas Graham, Spokesperson for America Online, +1-703-265-1801 Web site: http://www.maawg.org/

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