Friday, May 23, 2008

Technology: AtMail launches AtMail Open webmail

AtMail launches AtMail Open webmail for immediate download

Brisbane, Australia and Coeur D'alene, Idaho (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - With more than 15 million active commercial user accounts, webmail leader gives open source community a new option in response to increased demand.

AtMail, a leading provider of easy-to-use, Linux-based email management appliances and software, today announced the immediate availability of AtMail Open, a new webmail offering based on the company's highly successful messaging platform that is used by more than 15 million users worldwide. Free downloads are available at http://www.atmail.org.

AtMail Open represents a new option for small- to medium-sized organizations that want to leverage the advantages of open source tools combined with the reliability of a proven, commercial-grade email management solution.

It also represents an excellent choice for organizations looking for a gradual migration path to a more lightweight, simpler alternative to Microsoft Exchange/Outlook.

"We've had strong demand from businesses, universities, hosting companies and others to make an open source version of our much-loved webmail client platform available to the community," explained Corey Bissaillon, VP of Sales for AtMail.

"With AtMail Open, organizations can expand the value of their email offering at no additional cost and fully brand or OEM the tool to meet their specific needs.

"Providing this sort of flexibility is at the core of our philosophy. We're very pleased to extend our unique view of how email should work to the open source community."

AtMail Open is a lightweight webmail client application for managing email using any common web browser.

Its AJAX interface capabilities provide for an extremely quick, stable and highly intuitive email experience.

Advanced features include Inline spell check and address book. The software also includes video mail capabilities not found in other open source offerings, allowing users to record streaming videos and send email messages with video clips embedded.

The streaming technology included in AtMail Open does not "bloat" the email with video data - instead it embeds the video into the email (without bulky attachments) to provide a very agile recording, playback and viewing experience. To see a demo with the video mail included visit http://demo.atmail.com.

On the technical front, AtMail developed the webmail interface in JavaScript and HTML using PHP and Perl. All source code is available (even for the commercial versions), allowing for easy customization, branding and integration with other tools to create a complete, unified open source webmail interface.

Pricing and Availability
AtMail Open is available immediately for free download at http://www.atmail.org. The company's integrated family of commercially supported webmail and email server solutions are available directly via the web at http://www.atmail.com.

About AtMail

AtMail offers a complete suite of email messaging solutions that help more than 15 million users and thousands of organizations streamline and vastly improve the overall email experience.

Self-funded and organically grown through word-of-mouth and grassroots satisfaction, AtMail has devoted its resources and energy to redefining and simplifying the email messaging experience from both an end-user and administrator perspective.

Other AtMail products include email server appliances, groupware collaboration and web- based administration systems that can be integrated with virus and anti-spam solutions utilizing MySQL as the database backend.

With an office in the U.S., the company's headquarters are located on one of the finest surfing beaches near Brisbane, Australia.

For more information please visit http://www.atmail.com.
Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Mobile: 303-827-5164

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