Fabrik Selects Netscape Hosting Solutions for Standards-Based Business Messaging Services Offering to Growing Market

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (September 30, 1998) - Fabrik Communications, Inc., the premier business messaging service provider with more than 600,000 subscribers at over 700 corporate sites, and Netscape Communications Corporation, (Nasdaq: NSCP), a leading provider of Internet software solutions, today announced that Fabrik has selected Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition software and Directory Server Software as the basis for its standards-based Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory-enabled messaging infrastructure.

Fabrik is leveraging Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition and Netscape Directory Server software to provide network administrators with a reliable and scalable enterprise message system based on emerging LDAP directory standards. Netscape's Internet technology and standards expertise enables the Fabrik infrastructure to integrate legacy systems with today's emerging Internet-standard messaging technologies.

"Netscape's Messaging Server and Directory Server software allow us to deliver premium hosting solutions to our customers and further extend our directory-enabled services," said Christopher Logan, Fabrik's CEO and founder. "We expect that this relationship with Netscape will assist us as we continue to build additional reliable, standards-based, business messaging services."

"Enterprises and Telcos are looking for powerful software solutions to enhance the quality of their online service-provider business and compete in the Net Economy," said David Weiden, vice president of directory server and security products at Netscape. "Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition and Netscape Directory Server will provide Fabrik, a premier business messaging service provider, with the flexibility to enhance its proven directory-enabled messaging offering with new value-added services for its customers."

Netscape server software provides real-time directory, security and messaging capabilities that enable centralized, low-cost management of the myriad of Internet applications delivered by Enterprise service providers (ESPs) and Internet service providers (ISPs) to their millions of users as services. Netscapeís service-ready infrastructure is ideal for companies competing in the Net Economy where high performance, scalability, 24x7 reliability and strong security that extends outside the enterprise are critical for success.

About Netscape Communications
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet portal to help companies build, buy or outsource Internet applications that drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of business efficiency. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.

Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com, or by calling 650/937-2555 (corporations) or 650/937-3777 (individuals).

About Fabrik Communications, Inc.
Fabrik Communications, Inc., the premier business messaging service provider, delivers enterprise email solutions for IT professionals who want to maximize their business messaging systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, Fabrik offers a suite of business messaging services.

The Fabrik Messaging Services include:

• Fabrik Remote - remote and mobile e-mail hosting
  
• Fabrik Connect - gateway connectivity to the Internet and X.400
  
• Fabrik Partner Network - secure e-mail for business partners
  

Founded in 1994, Fabrik has strategic relationships with Netscape, Hewlett-Packard and Network Associates, and investment support from Accel Partners, CrossPoint Venture Partners, Vanguard Venture Partners, and Harborvest Venture Partners. For more information about Fabrik Communications, visit www.fabrik.com, e-mail info@fabrik.com, or call +1 800/732-2745 or 415/439-6600.

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