July 8, 1999, San Mateo, Calif -ONElist, Inc. (http://www.onelist.com) , the leading provider of free e-mail list and group communication services for average users of the Internet, today announced the winners of the company's first ONEreach Community Development Incentive Program, "Grow to Give." The "Grow to Give" contest challenges ONElist community moderators to expand their e-mail list and increase the vibrancy of their communities in order to win a cash donation to the charity of their choice.

The winners of the 1999 "Grow to Give" contest are: ROTInews, a ONElist-based information exchange service for Rotary Club members on the Internet and ZENtertainment, a leading entertainment e-mail newsletter which utilizes the ONElist service. Their respectively designated charities, The Rotary Foundation and The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, will each receive $5,000 from ONElist in honor of the winning list communities.

"As the leading e-mail list community Web service, it is important that we tangibly contribute to the success of our ONElist e-mail communities," said Mark Fletcher, founder and CEO of ONElist. "Although our ONEreach programs are designed to be fun and interactive for our members, many of them also benefit the causes and passions that underlie and unite our nearly 200,000 e-mail communities."

For "Grow to Give," the company's first ONEreach program, ONElist pledged to reward the two communities that added the most new subscribers over the course of three months (in absolute terms and as a percentage basis), by donating $5,000 to a favorite charity of the community's choosing.

Zentertainment Scores Contribution to The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

ZENtertainment is the Internet's leading entertainment e-mail newsletter. Over the past four years covered by 300+ issues, ZEN has delivered its own brand of comprehensive- yet-consumable coverage for the world of entertainment news, including music, TV, movies, books, comics, magazines, toys, games, cards, collectibles, Web sites, technology, attractions, Broadway, food, fashion, and more. Hundreds of thousands of readers from around the world subscribe. ZEN and its 26-year-old creator, Sean Jordan of Santa Clarita, California, have been featured in numerous publications, ranging from The New York Times to Vanity Fair's 1998 "Hollywood" issue. Jordan also handles the distribution of the WIZARD Entertainment and FILM THREAT online magazines through ONElist. For more information, refer to: http://www.zentertainment.com.

ZENtertainment designated that ONElists $5,000 charitable donation benefit The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). A not-for-profit organization, the CBLDF exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States. For more information on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, go to: http://www.CBLDF.org, or write CBLDF@compuserve.com.

"I'm extremely honored to have ZENtertainment and its many readers assist the worthy cause of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund through this noble promotion of ONElist's," said Jordan. "Before I came to ONElist, I was mailing nearly a million people a month by hand, and it took me nearly 24 hours a week to do what ONElist can do for me in 10 minutes. To anyone managing any type of e-mail list or discussion group, of any size, there is not a single service I'd recommend more than ONElist--and believe me, I looked at them all."

ROTInews' Rapid Growth Serves The Rotary Foundation

ROTInews is a free information service for Rotarians on the Internet (ROTI). ROTI's mission is to apply modern information technology to explore the avenues of service and fellowship with Rotarians all over the world. ROTI provides a link to the many resources that ROTI members have set up to provide service to Rotary, Rotarians and individuals in need throughout the world. For more information, http://ROTI.org/

ROTInews designated that the Rotary Foundation receive the ONElist $5,000 charitable donation. The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. For more information on the Rotary Foundation, go to: http://www.Rotary.org.

"When we were looking for a free e-mail list service to host our rapidly growing Rotarians on the Internet, we asked our members for suggestions on services they knew and liked. ONElist was mentioned over and over again," said Ivan Polacek, ROTInews manager. "We now use ONElist not only to provide information to our members, but also for a community discussion forum and to manage our Board of Directors communications."

About ONElist
Launched in 1998, ONElist, Inc. is the world's leading provider of free e-mail list and group communication services for average users of the Internet. Ranked by Media Metrix as the most visited e-mail list community Web Service, ONElist hosts nearly 200,000 lists, with members exchanging over 20 million e-mail messages daily. ONElist is based in San Mateo, Calif. and is privately held. The company has received venture funding from @Ventures III, the affiliated venture capital arm of CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI) and Bertelsmann Ventures, the independent venture capital fund of Bertelsmann AG. For more information, visit ONElist's Web site at http://www.onelist.com.