MindSpring
Selects ONElist to Provide Community Services for Its Web Hosting User Base
Website Owners Can Enliven Home Pages with Newsletters and Community Discussions
Oct. 5, 1999-- ONElist (http://www.onelist.com), the leading provider of active Internet
communities, today announced that the MindSpring Biz division of MindSpring Enterprises,
Inc. (Nasdaq:MSPG) has selected ONElist as its community service provider for its
55,000-account base of Web hosting customers.
Customers of MindSpring Biz's popular Web hosting service can now integrate ONElist's
Internet community services to create unique newsletters and discussion groups into their
websites. With
ONElist, MindSpring website owners can create a richer experience for their online
visitors, enabling them to inform, discover, and collaborate with each other about common
interests.
"We want to continue to lead the Web hosting market by consistently adding new ways
to help our customers captivate their audiences," said Greg Stromberg, executive vice
president of MindSpring Biz. "ONElist offers the best email community service in the
industry, and we are pleased to bring their solutions to our user base."
By including ONElist's free community services on their websites, MindSpring Biz customers
can easily and quickly create informative newsletters and initiate discussion groups that
add value to their
unique audiences. ONElist handles the administrative side of the service by managing user
subscriptions, ensuring reliable message delivery, building clean and dependable
distribution lists, and protecting the privacy of all participants. "MindSpring
understands the importance of creating community activities to generate return visits to
websites," said Mark Fletcher, ONElist's founder and chief operating officer.
"By allowing their clients to add ONElist's service to their sites, MindSpring
enhances the clients' opportunity for success.
MindSpring is definitely leading the way in providing features that will make their
clients' sites more successful."
Using ONElist with MindSpring
MindSpring Biz clients can add ONElist Internet community services to their sites free of
charge by visiting the "Using Email" section of MindSpring's Web Hosting Help
Desk at:
http://help.mindspring.com/webhelp
About MindSpring
MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSPG) is a leading Internet service provider focused
on delivering outstanding service and support to its customers. By following its Core
Values And Beliefs, MindSpring is committed to doing an exceptional job of serving its
customers, its employees, its owners and its community.
MindSpring's dial-up subscribers can browse the World Wide Web, send electronic mail,
participate in informative online chats and access over 20,000 newsgroups. MindSpring
offers local Internet access in more than 890 locations throughout the United States. The
MindSpring Biz division is a leading provider of Web Hosting services and domain
registrations.
For more information about MindSpring's services, please visit the Web site
http://www.mindspring.net or call 888/MSPRING.
About ONElist
ONElist is the leading provider of active Internet communities, where members with common
interests get together to inform, discover and collaborate. ONEList has over 7 million
registered members who host more than 240,000 unique communities and exchange more than 1
million emails/hour. Through these free discussion groups, ONElist provides specialized
services and e-commerce solutions tailored to each community. Launched in 1998, ONElist is
a privately held company based in Redwood City. The company received venture funding from
@Ventures III, the affiliated venture capital arm of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI) and
Bertelsmann Ventures, the independent venture capital fund of Bertelsmann AG. For more
information about ONElist, visit http://www.onelist.com.
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