Prior to joining LinuxMagic, Mr. Wu was Product Success Director with Apex-Micro Electronics, a top 50 BC Tech company. Before Apex, Mr. Wu was Marketing Director for Arrow Display, a manufacturer of TFT-LCD monitors based in China, Mr. Wu played a crucial role in the start up phase of the company as well as developing key strategic alliances. Mr. Wu also served as Sales and Marketing Manager for Nanker Semiconductor Group, a vertically positioned manufacturer of Integrated Circuits and where he led marketing for the Nanker subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific region and was IPO Manager in taking Nanker public. Mr. Wu began his career at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company where he was a Software Programmer in the Y2K compliance effort. “LinuxMagic is in a very unique position in the marketplace, its patented technology lends the company enough leverage to form a variety of strategic partnerships, and we intend to take full advantage of these technologies developed by the LinuxMagic team” said Mr. Wu. Mr.Wu holds a B.A. of Political Science and Asian Studies from Furman University.

And these Trojans and Bots sources are responsible for 20% of the traffic detected at mail servers. These represent the worst sources of attackers and spammers detected by the Spam Rats detection tools.

LinuxMagic's flagship email server product 'MagicMail' with it's built in Anti-Spam technology, designed for the ISP and Telco's has been using IP reputation in it's servers to help block connections from Trojans and Bots, to reduce server loads and help in the fight against Spam. Because of the wide deployment of MagicMail servers throughout North America, MagicMail servers have been able to act as an early warning detection grid to detect new trojans, bots and other abusive sources. These 'worst offenders' are added to the public lists available at SpamRats within hours of detection, enabling not only MagicMail servers, but other email servers as well to block any mail connections from these locations. This detection technology has been showing significant results, and now that SpamRats has listed over 4 million IP Addresses in it's database, it is now already blocking 15-20% of inbound connections. And with the other IP Reputational tools, MagicMail is blocking more than 90% of all inbound mail attempts, BEFORE data acceptance. This 'zero day' approach also helps stop new Spam techniques before they are created.

And the tools use to detect Trojans and Bots are extremely effective, as shown by this detection chart.

With over 1 million IP addresses on RATS-NOPTR list alone, that mail servers never need accept a connection again, this has a huge impact on system resources from some of the worst types of attackers and spammers.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors was quoted as saying, "IP reputation is the most efficient form of protection, and our reputational databases and our data collection methods will place us a leader in our field by years end. There is only a finite number of IP addresses available, and there is no reason to allow the Trojan and Bot affected personal computers in the world to keep sending out Spam and attacking mail servers, once they are detected"

And if the 25% increase per month continues, then by years end, SpamRats will have detected over 50 million IP's, roughly the estimate of the amount of infected PC's worldwide. In 2007 the estimates or infected PC numbers ranged from 6 million to 20 million, but with the increasing use of home PC's in emerging foreign markets, this number is expected to increase.

LinuxMagic's flagship email server product 'MagicMail' with it's built in Anti-Spam technology, designed for the ISP and Telco's has been using IP reputation in it's servers to help block connections from Trojans and Bots, to reduce server loads and help in the fight against Spam.

Because of the wide deployment of MagicMail servers through out North America, MagicMail servers have been able to act as an early warning detection grid to detect new trojans, bots and other abusive sources. These 'worst offenders' are added to the public lists available at SpamRats within hours of detection, enabling not only MagicMail servers, but other email servers as well to block any mail connections from these locations. This detection technology has been showing significant results, and now that SpamRats has listed over 3 million IP Addresses in it's database, it is now already blocking 15-20% of inbound connections. And with the other IP Reputational tools, MagicMail is blocking more than 85% of all inbound mail attempts, BEFORE data acceptance. This 'zero day' approach also helps stop new Spam techniques before they are created.

Choice Communications, a large full service ISP based out of St. Martin, Virgin Islands, has chosen LinuxMagic's mail server solution, MagicMail and it's Best of Breed integrated anti-spam technologies to provide email and spam protection services for its customer's 20,000 email boxes. By selecting MagicMail's high volume email and anti-spam package, Choice Communication will now better protect its customers and dramatically reduce its email administration costs, and improve it's email service offerings.

As the reputation of the MagicMail servers continue to grow, LinuxMagic is experiencing more and more sales beyond continental North America, and is looking to expand into both new and emerging markets world wide.

Wizard IT, a leading Canadian anti-spam solutions provider, is delighted with the outcome of the case, which now gives consumers and their Internet providers the legal right to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable”.

The lawsuit against Kaspersky Labs was launched in The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Zango, an online media company, to try and get its programs reclassified as non threatening and to prevent Kaspersky's anti-spam and security software from blocking its programs. With a decision in favor of Kapersky's anti-spam program, the courts set a precedent which would give ISPs the right to track, label and even block spam and malware that might be harmful to its customers.

Michael Peddemors, President of Wizard IT, Services has always believed in the rights of people to limit the amount of emails they receive from email marketing companies.

“We are very pleased with the judgment because it supports our belief that consumers have the right to choose what emails they receive and what emails they reject. I strongly believe that the protection of consumers must be the main priority of all ISPs and email operators,” said Michael Peddemors.

Blocking email has always been a controversial issue. It pits the rights of the receiver over the rights of the sender. The recent court case involving Kaspersky labs and other recent court cases, like E360 Insight vs The Spamhaus Project, a large anti-spam BlackList provider, is proof of this controversy.

Josh Wilsdon, Vice President of Technical Development for Wizard IT Services, says that the recent court case gives anti-spam companies some valuable legal precedent to support them when facing legal challenges in the US.

“As an IT company and email software provider, we saw a rise in unwanted commercial email being sent to our customers. This prompted us to develop two products, MIPSpace and SpamRats, which specifically deals with the rise in spam, malware and abusive email marketing. We wanted to give consumers and ISPs a choice as to which senders they wanted to receive mail from and which they would reject. The recent court decision for Kaspersky helps lay a foundation of precedent which will support us as we continue providing this choice to customers."

As security threats continue to plague email and Internet users, consumers are expecting that ISPs and other email operators are adequately checking for spam and other security threats before legitimate email is sent to their email in-box. While the methods of combating various types of spam have not changed, with this ruling, ISPs, security vendors and consumers now have broad discretion in determining what is or is not spam and malware and the legal right to 'Just Say No...' to email marketing and other forms of intrusions.

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Delmarva has chosen LinuxMagic's server software, MagicMail, and anti-spam technologies to provide email and spam protection services for its customer's 45,000 email boxes. By selecting MagicMaill's high volume email and anti-spam package, Delmarva will now better protect its customers and dramatically reduce its email administration costs.

Building on its reputation as a leader in anti-spam technologies, Wizard IT is now offering the public these anti-spam tools for free through the SpamRats website (www.spamrats.com) and through MagicMail, a product offering from its sister company LinuxMagic. The tools provided on the SpamRats website are designed to be used use by anyone and on almost any email server.

Michael Peddemors, President/CEO of Wizard IT, strongly believes that stopping the sender is better than trying to filter what they send. He says that the use of IP Reputation is one of the most effective

ways for Internet service providers to reduce overhead, bandwidth, and the amount of Unwanted Bulk Email (UBE) received.

"It is a 'Zero Day' protection approach that is needed to stop the millions of Trojans and Bots that send spam or attack servers. People need to be protected against new and unknown threats before the vulnerability is discovered and exploited,” said Mr. Peddemors. He added, “we have seen the progression of how Spammers have tried to get around filters. At first there were plain text spam messages, then it was spam in attachments, after it was spam hidden in images, then it was in PDF's, and now we see Spam in WAV audio and voice messages. Spammers will always try to get around the filters because there is so much money to be made, but if you can stop the connection at the point when you determine it likely to be an infected PC or a spam engine, then you get 'Zero Day' protection. If you know what is going to be sent to you is infected or abusive, filtering technology 'should not' be your first line of defence.”

Based on statistics, Wizard IT has found that the most abusive types of connections are those that either run dictionary attacks, or mass mailings that usually conform to the following four types:

• Botnet/Spammers from IP's with no Reverse DNS

• Botnet/Spammers from infected PC's (Dynamic or Generic Reverse DNS)

• Email Marketing Companies

• Compromised Servers

The list that are available for public use include:

RATS-Dyna - RATS-Dyna is a collection of IP Addresses that have been found sending an abusive amount of connections or trying too many invalid users at ISP and Telco's mail servers. They are also known to conform to a naming convention that is indicative of a home connection or dynamic address space.

RATS-NoPtr - RATS-NoPtr is a collection of IP Addresses that have been found sending an abusive amount of connections or trying too many invalid users at ISP and Telco's mail servers. They are also known to have no reverse DNS, a technique often used by bots and spammers. Email servers should always have reverse DNS entries.

Anybody wanting to deploy the SpamRats RBL's should visit www.spamrats.com.

This, so called, 'Grey Area Spam' has gotten so rampant that in some cases recipients are receiving up to 20 offerings per day from the same marketing company. Although many of these companies are compliant with CAN-SPAM (a U.S. legal requirement for commercial email marketers to follow), the amount of email that they send is so prolific that it is costing businesses an estimated $10 billion each year. These cost include technical expenditures and lost productivity in order to deal with the unwanted email.

Dean Russ, Chief Technology Officer of DSL Extreme, a division of Ikano Communications Inc based in Salt Lake City Utah, believes that the majority of unwanted bulk email that his company blocks for customers comes from email marketers and not the more traditional forms of spam.

"Email coming from marketers is now accounting for 72 percent of the unwanted bulk email that our company has to divert away from customers, " said Dean. "This unwanted bulk email has enormous cost implications to ISPs and network operators. It has been an annoying problem to deal with for both us and our customers. Users often accidentally subscribe to 'Third Party Offerings' but don't know how to stop it. Now that we allow blocking of 'Commercial Marketers' our costs have gone down, and customer satisfaction has gone up.

Wizard IT, a leading Canadian anti-spam solutions provider, is on the front lines of the battle to stop UBE. Michael Peddemors, President of Wizard IT, strongly supports and believes in the rights of people to limit the amount of emails they receive from marketing companies.

"The daily statistics that we receive at Wizard IT have proven to us that bulk email marketing has become so rampant that we have to be able to say 'no more commercial offerings', just the same as calling the post office and asking to stop all conventional junk mail. Our listing of email marketers, called MIPSpace, helps Internet Service Providers and email operators do the same thing for email marketing. MIPSpace has become much more popular because of the increasing volumes of this sort of mail," said Michael Peddemors.

While legitimate commercial email does have its benefits for both businesses and consumers, many marketers have abused email technology to such an extent that some people refer to all commercial email as spam.

"Users are receiving so many unwanted emails and they often don't remember signing up to receive a particular offer, or they unknowingly signed up for a third party offer when they bought tickets on-line to see their favourite rock band or booked their last vacation," said Matt Webb, Sales Manager at LinuxMagic, producers of 'MagicMail' email servers. He added, "we announced last week that our ISP class MagicMail servers will now all be shipped with MIPSpace technology because email marketing has reached such an all time high. With this technology in place, ISPs can now limit all forms of email marketing, not just the spam"

Attempts at creating national 'Do Not Call' lists for email marketers have met with limited success, or have even been abused. As CAN-SPAM compliant companies need permission to send you email marketing, some companies have found new revenues in 'selling' that permission, making it harder to discover how one gave them the permission in the first place.

But no matter how they acquire 'permission', marketers will surely increase the amount of email they send to potential customers.

A recent survey conducted by Datran Media found that 72 percent of marketers plan to employ more email marketing in 2007 and 70.5 percent will spend more money on email address acquisition. This increase will without a doubt slow down networks and take up the resources of Internet Service Providers trying to stop the UBE so it doesn't reach the in-box of their customers.

As marketers plan to increase their spending on email marketing, products like MIPSpace give ISPs the resources to help their customers 'Just Say No...' to email marketing.

Building on its reputation as a leader in anti-spam technologies, MagicMail now allows end users to “Just Say No” to email marketing with an incorporated anti-spam solution called MIPSpace. MIPSpace was developed by LinuxMagic in order to keep pace with the changing trends in “Grey Area Spam”.

Michael Peddemors, President of LinuxMagic, strongly supports and believes in the rights of people to limit the amount of emails they receive from marketing companies.

“One of the reasons we decided to develop MIPSpace was that email marketing was becoming so rampant, that many ISPs found that their customers were receiving up to 20 emails per day from marketers. I strongly support and believe in the rights of people to say, 'No more commercial offerings' and this is why we are including MIPSpace in our latest version of MagicMail.”

LinuxMagic decided to include MIPSpace, at no cost, in its latest version of MagicMail because email marketing has increased so significantly in the last year (51% according to an IPSOS research study completed in early 2007) that ISPs are struggling to provide an efficient, high volume anti-spam email solution to their customers.

With the inclusion of MIPSpace in the latest version of MagicMail, ISPs will finally be able to significantly decrease the number of high volume spam their customers receive, process legitimate email much faster and reduce their time and cost associated with fighting spam.

You can also join us at "Email: The Crucial Impact it Plays in Customer Retention and Your Bottom Line" presented by LinuxMagic's President/CEO Michael Peddemors in Salon 12.

One of the most common reasons for customers to switch providers is because of unreliable email service. Learn how providing more advanced email and anti-spam can significantly boost your customer retention. Michael Peddemors, president/CEO of LinuxMagic, will share with you how to gain the opportunity to maintain, support and expand your current customer base.

LinuxMagic is a leading-edge provider of ISP and Telco mail server and anti-spam solutions. Since 1997 they have been providing these solutions throughout North America.

As a former ISP, LinuxMagic understands the struggles and needs of those in the ISP and Telco industry.

With more than a million mailboxes protected through its turn-key, in-house solution - MagicMail - LinuxMagic has successfully become the forerunner in providing a complete, all-in-one mail server and anti-spam solution.

MobilePro and its various subsidiary ISPs operating under Inreach, Nationwide, Kite Networks, WazMetro, and other brands have selected LinuxMagic's products to act as its latest email solution. MagicMail will provide email and spam filtering services for over 150,000 MobilePro customers and protect those same customers against Spam. Selecting this robust, all in one email solution will allow them to better protect their customers with LinuxMagic's patent pending technologies while dramatically cutting costs.

LinuxMagic has been gaining market share and reputation with their MagicMail solution which has been designed expressly for the ISP and Telco industry. This deal highlights why the company's proven Anti-Spam techologies are getting such attention. With millions of users now being protected by their technologies, LinuxMagic's TurnKey solution makes it easy for ISPs to provide the 'best of breed' email services.

ISPs have been continuously struggling to provide an efficient, high volume, and Anti-Spam email solution to their customers. MOBILEPRO will now use MagicMail and its integrated Anti-Spam technology to cut down on high spam loads and process more legitimate mail faster.

"Spam continues to pose a significant problem to all ISPs" said Lisa Bickford, VP of Network Operations for MobilePro Corporation. "We have chosen LinuxMagic and MagicMail to help us decrease the flood of unsolicited bulk email to our customers. With the help of 'MagicMail' we expect to build more than 250,000 email accounts within 18 months, without any spam!"

LinuxMagic has long been known for its innovative solutions for ISPs and Telcos. Their comprehensive work with Anti-Spam technologies is paying huge dividends for this BC-based company. With sales to ISPs and Telcos throughout North America, the MagicMail solution is being well recieved.

Michael Peddemors, President/CEO of LinuxMagic explains, "10 years ago, a mail server was simple to run. But today, the sophistication required to provide the most advanced mail servers has become a large burden on most companies. Having a TurnKey solution that stops Spam BEFORE it gets into the server, while integrating all the latest and greatest features of a mail server, is very cost effective for companies. And, the attention that our products are getting is very rewarding."

Matt Webb, LinuxMagic's Inside Sales Manager, is equally upbeat about the company's growth. "When ISPs tell us... 'where have you been all our life?' it shows how much pain and need there still is in the marketplace to keep a handle on email problems. The cost savings with an 'all-in-one' solution make it an easy decision for ISPs who are looking for the most ideal and cost-effective solution." added Matt.

This deal with such a major wireless provider shows how this sector is still growing. LinuxMagic is well positioned to continue its growth in this marketplace. ISPs from Puerto Rico to Vancouver have relied on MagicMail to provide effective Mail Servers. LinuxMagic's Anti-Spam technologies also continue to gain worldwide recognition.

Mr. Wilsdon joined LinuxMagic Inc. in 2001. Since joining LinuxMagic, Josh has shown a great deal of leadership within the company. From spearheading some of LinuxMagic's largest projects to co-developing its well-known ISP mail server solution, Josh has proven he has what it takes to be a leader in the fast-paced field of Linux software development.

Mr.Wilsdon has an extraordinary ability to manage a wide array of software development projects. LinuxMagic is proud to have such an outstanding individual represent their company. President/CEO Michael Peddemors expressed his gratitude: "Mr.Wilsdon has done an exceptional job over the past 5 years, and as VP of Technical Development we will be utilizing his superb skills and expertise to continue innovating products for the ISP and Telco market."

His previous role of Senior Programmer/Analyst had him involved with developing many of LinuxMagic's software solutions. Products such as the well-known MagicMail Server system have increased the company?s growth substantially over the past 3 years. Josh commented after getting word on his appointment, "Over the past few years I have enjoyed the thrill of working on MagicMail, and I look forward to continuing this work with my new role."

Wilsdon, a University of Alberta graduate, has been specializing in Linux software for over 13 years. He has also been involved in the patent process for LinuxMagic's various Anti-Spam solutions.

Whalley's LinuxMagic will be part of a mission to Asia to promote Canadian technology.

The mission is co-sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada and Monte Jade and will visit China, Korea, and Hong Kong.

LinuxMagic specializes in developing software to run on the Linux operation system. Company president and CEO Michael Peddemors said being chosen for the Asian trip will consolidate the firm's position as a leader in the Pacific Northwest.

With such a large market looking at Linux development, they are going to need strong partners in this region, Peddemors said.

Vancouver, Linux and LinuxMagic all stand to benefit.

Ivan Beletsky, Senior Systems Administrator for FitnessWorld, had this to say about the new 'WorkPlace' solution. "WorkPlace environment provides our IT team with such essential features as centralized administration, rock-solid stability, self-monitoring, and high performance. Currently we have 2 technicians supporting over 200 end users where Workplace is deployed. These inexpensive Intel servers with mirrored hard drives running Linux WorkPlace never go down and don't need to be rebooted every several weeks for performance reasons, unlike some other proprietary server operating systems. If there is a hardware problem with a thin client, it takes us only 10 minutes to replace it and have it available for end users because no installation or configuration is required on the client".

Adoption of Linux-based solutions reflects a growing world-wide trend. In May of this year, the City of Munich announced its intention to adopt Linux for 14,000 of its employees. Companies like Google and Amazon have been using Linux for years. School districts in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon are beginning to use Linux to manage key IT functions. And the recent announcement by Novell to purchase (with IBM support) the German Linux company, SuSE, reflects a clear recognition by many in the IT industry that Linux is a viable, if not preferable, alternative to Windows solutions.

The decision for FitnessWorld to adopt not only a Linux-based desktop solution, but a thin client one as well, shows foresight. Thin client workstations have no CD players, diskette drives, or expansion slots. This not only helps protect the security of enterprise data, it significantly cuts down on hardware costs. With no moving parts, thin client workstations last far longer than their PC counterparts, and consequently, are a much more affordable long-term solution. Systems administration is managed entirely at the Server level, making overall systems support much easier. And software licensing fees are significantly reduced.

Michael Peddemors, President and CEO of LinuxMagic had this to say about his company's 'WorkPlace' solution. "The switch from Windows PCs to the LinuxMagic operating system and a thin client solution like 'WorkPlace' is a no-brainer. It's hard to argue with a solution that lowers your costs by thousands of dollars per workstation, eases your adminstrative and maintenance workload, and improves your data security, all while allowing you to continue doing everything you currently do".

Peter Schmit, Director of Marketing and Sales at LinuxMagic had this to add. "We are extremely excited about our thin client desktop solution, and so are our clients. It is an ideal, low-cost workstation solution for organizations like FitnessWorld. Other great candidates for this technology include educational institutions, governments, non-profits, and the financial sector. Both the thin client hardware and our LinuxMagic software are mature, enterprise-ready products that can be reliably deployed virtually anywhere, and integrated with existing systems."

Other companies and organizations that have embraced Linux or solutions like 'WorkPlace' include Toronto Children Services Division, City of Miami, Merrill Lynch, Air New Zealand and HSBC in Hong Kong. FitnessWorld of BC can now be added to that distinguished list.

DSL EXTREME is a major California Internet Service Provider (ISP) serving over 100,000 accounts, and ALLWEST COMMUNICATIONS is a large Utah based communications company. Sales to these organizations continue to prove the versatility of LinuxMagic's Mail Service offerings, and the recognition of how important Anti-Spam controls are to their customer base. The 'MagicMail' Server is one of the first complete 'All in One' solutions offerings a complete Email Delivery System, and designed to completely protect their customers from Spam and Virus's. In addition, it offers 'Simple to Use' customer tools to pro actively stop 'Future Spam'. LinuxMagic recently released this complete package which contains all of LinuxMagic's Specialized High Performance Email Tools, tools used in servers serving over 10 million emails per day. LinuxMagic released these tools in a complete package that offers unlimited user licensing, and runs under LinuxMagic's own customized Linux Operating System with a complete Administration Package.

Spam has long been a thorn in the side of businesses, and the ordinary email user as well, but it is LinuxMagic's use of Anti-Spam technology right at the mail servers, which is the innovation to completely protect the clients. Spammers know that not everyone is going to protect their personal email accounts, and until this Spam is stopped at the servers, spammers will continue to make money and bog down the Internet. And as well, 'The Gartner Group' has been reported as saying, "74% of customers believe the ISP is responsible for Spam problems, 36% of customers would switch ISP's to stop Spam, and that 24% of customers would pay a fee to stop Spam."

That is the why LinuxMagic's 'MagicMail' Server is receiving such attention.

Long known for being one of the Premier Linux Support and Development Houses, LinuxMagic is pleased that it's product offerings are receiving the same kind of accolades that it's Support and Service Contracts have garnered. "We are planning on bringing more of our specialized program offerings to the market, and the acceptance of these products by such major players shows other companies thinking of replacing their legacy Softwares, that Linux Applications can be cost effective, offering more service and protections for their users and customers." Says Ray Worth, Marketing Director of LinuxMagic."The Anti-Spam capabilities, the power of Linux, and all without the need for skilled technicians, make it so that 'MagicMail' Server can pay for itself within just a few months. It isn't hard to see why these companies are so pleased."

President and CEO, Michael Peddemors had this to add. "We have been doing this for years, it is just that we have now rolled it into one simple package. We're proud of the new things our programmers can do to stop SPAM which is now reaching 40% of all email, but it's the power of Linux that keeps it going without interruption. We have been servicing major players like ALLWEST for all their Linux and Mail Server needs for years, but I really like what our new customers have to say about our products"

Dean Russ, Director of Information Systems for DSL Extreme had this to say, "Your MagicMail product has allowed our company to keep up with our rapid growth in terms of scalability and reliability. In addition, the amount of spam received by our customers has been significantly reduced and customers now have the ability to interactively control what comes into their mailboxes. This is truly a great product."

As well, Mr. Peddemors added, "As much as I am glad we are doing our part to stop SPAM, we are even more proud to be able to help businesses realize huge savings with Linux, in all phases of business."