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StrongMail Appoints Tricia Robinson-Pridemore as Vice President of Market & Product Strategy

Email marketing pioneer and industry thought leader to broaden company's marketing expertise and help define next generation of StrongMail's digital messaging solutions

Redwood City, Calif., August 28, 2007 – StrongMail Systems, Inc., the innovation leader in email infrastructure software, today announced that Tricia Robinson-Pridemore has joined the company as vice president of market and product strategy. A recognized industry thought leader and early pioneer of effective email marketing tools, Robinson-Pridemore will help define the product and market strategies for the next generation of StrongMail's digital messaging solutions for marketers.

"Tricia has earned her reputation as an email industry thought leader with a successful track record for driving innovation, which makes her a very valuable and strategic addition to StrongMail's management team" said Sam Cece, CEO of StrongMail Systems. "Tricia's marketing expertise and real-world business insight will help ensure that StrongMail's solutions continue to meet the needs of marketers today and also drive the creation of new and innovative solutions that they'll need tomorrow."

Prior to StrongMail, Robinson-Pridemore served as senior vice president of marketing at Premiere Global Services, where she managed all marketing initiatives for each of Premiere's divisions. Robinson-Pridemore took the position after serving as CMO and founding principal of Accucast. In that role, she built the company into a valuable brand within the e-marketing industry, which led to its successful acquisition by Premiere.

"StrongMail is disrupting the status quo within the email industry by presenting an attractive and powerful in-house alternative to the limitations and cost constraints inherent with outsourced email solutions," said Tricia Robinson-Pridemore. "StrongMail has a powerful vision for the future of marketing, and I look forward to helping StrongMail customers maximize the ROI of their email marketing programs, while laying the foundation for convergence with other messaging channels."

Recognized for her email and interactive marketing expertise, Robinson-Pridemore regularly contributes to conferences and trade publications across the globe. She has served as chairman of the Southeast Chapter of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) as well as on the board of directors of the Atlanta chapter of the American Marketing Association and the Association for Interactive Marketing (AIM) Responsible Email Commission.

About StrongMail Systems, Inc.
StrongMail Systems enables companies to realize the value of digital messaging with high-performance servers that simplify and enhance outbound email systems. StrongMail servers integrate a complete set of delivery, tracking and management capabilities into a single platform to "business-enable" email and other digital messages, allowing companies to build new revenue streams, improve customer loyalty and reduce costs. StrongMail servers integrate with existing business applications to unlock the potential of digital messaging for enterprises, service providers and ISVs. StrongMail is located in Redwood City, CA and is funded by Evercore Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and Sequoia Capital, the venture capitalists behind Google, Yahoo!, Cisco and Apple. To learn more about StrongMail Systems, visit www.strongmail.com.

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