Wayne Sanders Appointed President of MAPS

San Jose, Calif. January 6, 2004 - Mail Abuse Prevention Systems, LLC, (MAPS) announced the appointment of Wayne Sanders as president. Mr. Sanders will focus on furthering the success of MAPS' network layer anti-spam solutions and its strong relationships with customers and ISP partners.

"I have worked with Wayne for 15 years and am confident that he can take MAPS to the next level. Wayne will set the roadmap for MAPS and expand our market share through the development of key business relationships," stated Dave Rand, co-founder and CEO of MAPS. "Spam is rapidly approaching critical levels, networks are being impacted and solutions are needed to address spam before it cripples the infrastructure."

"I am excited at the opportunity to create a new image for MAPS and help in the fight to stop spam," added Wayne Sanders, president of MAPS. "MAPS has a strong reputation in the industry for being an aggressive anti-spam company and I plan to extend our position as the market leader in network-layer anti spam solutions."

Mr. Sanders has an extensive background in developing new business opportunities and promoting strategic partnerships for fast growing Internet companies. He brings nearly 30 years of experience with leading companies in high tech, telecommunications and manufacturing with more than 10 years in hosting and Internet services. He founded several highly successful companies and helped guide many companies from fledgling start-ups to established organizations. Mr. Sanders was an integral part of the team that took AboveNet Communications public in the height of the Internet boom. Mr. Sanders has held senior level leadership positions at Accellion, AboveNet Communications and Internex.

About MAPS
MAPS http://www.mail-abuse.org is based in San Jose, California and provides spam prevention resources to Internet-connected organizations, as well as services to end users. For more information, please contact 408-453-6277 or press@mail-abuse.com