London, UK, 27 March 2002 - SQL Server Magazine and Windows & .NET Magazine announced today that GFI's MailSecurity for Exchange 2000 is one of 31 finalists for the Tech Ed Best of Show Awards conducted by the magazines. Winners will be determined and announced at Tech Ed 2002 in New Orleans, USA on 11 April.

"The field included nearly 200 entries and the selection process was rigorous. We chose finalists based on the product's strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value to the customer," said Mike Otey, Senior Technical Editor for SQL Server Magazine.

MailSecurity for Exchange 2000 is an email content checking, exploit detection, threats analysis and anti-virus solution for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server that removes all types of email-borne threats before they can affect your email users. MailSecurity's key features include:

• multiple virus engines, for better protection;
• email content and attachment checking, to quarantine dangerous emails;
• an exploit shield, to perform email intrusion detection & defence; and
• an email threats engine, to analyse & defuse HTML scripts, .exe files & more.

Based on the Exchange 2000 Server VS API, it integrates with Exchange 2000 Server and scans the Exchange 2000 information stores.

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