Strategic Partnership with Sendmail Inc

Iomart Group PLC 22 June 2000 Iomart Group plc iomart Group plc and Sendmail Inc. announce strategic partnership focusing on business e-mail applications iomart, the integrated internet services company and Sendmail Inc., today announces the provision of a major email ASP platform enabling Iomart to attack the fast growing enterprise mail outsourcing market. The iomart email hosting platform will debut Sendmail's versatile Large Scale Hosting Solution in Europe. As email becomes increasingly mission-critical, demanding 24 x 7 availability, security and support, it is impractical for companies to manage complex email services internally. Iomart's mail service solution enables companies to outsource their email services on a cost-effective and securely-managed basis. Angus Macsween, Chief Executive of iomart Group plc said: 'iomart and Sendmail are delivering a world class email solution for business customers at a time when the Internet's all pervasive importance is being underlined on a daily basis. Email is the lifeblood of the Internet, and iomart and Sendmail are working closely to give business users cutting edge email services,' Key additional features of the platform include anti- virus protection to intercept viruses before they reach the customer, Webmail, and secure document management. A revolutionary capability of the platform is e-billing, which enables companies to bill customers online, whilst providing unique upselling and referral opportunities. Greg Olson, President and CEO at Sendmail added: 'iomart is providing an invaluable service to literally millions of users as e-business continues to grow in the UK, and we are very happy to be able to offer the right hosting solution to support this huge demand. The partnership will further strengthen iomart's comprehensive offering, providing users with a first class service which is reliable, secure and highly scalable.' 22 June 2000 Enquiries thinkmail@iomart.com iomart Group plc Tel: 0141 221 0173 Angus MacSween Bill Dobbie College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Matthew Smallwood Chelsea Allen About iomart Group plc (www.iomart.com) iomart Group plc floated on the AIM Stock Market in April this year. It is a fully licensed telecommunications company and internet services company with its own world- class network infrastructure. iomart specialises in internet access, website building and web hosting. It has offices in Glasgow and London and a web-based customer support centre on the Isle of Lewis. About Sendmail Inc. (www.sendmail.com) Sendmail is the provider of the world-renowned Sendmail Internet Mail platform for e-communications, applications and services, responsible for powering 75 per cent of the internet's mail servers and 80 per cent of Fortune 100 interfaces to the internet. The company provides complete solutions for mail routing and mail hosting to service providers and corporations for whom email is mission critical.