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Fabrik Sells Outsourced E-Mail Business to Critical Path; Funds Targeted for Expansion of
Digital Direct Marketing Services Business

Critical Path Deal will Accelerate Momentum with
Fabrik Direct

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Michael Tinkler
Director, Public Relations
415-439-6690
mtinkler@roidirect.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 2, 1999) -- Fabrik Communications, Inc., (www.fabrik.com), a digital direct marketing services company, today announced a definitive agreement with Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH) in which Critical Path will purchase both the ongoing business operations and nearly 500 customer relationships of Fabrik Connect, Fabrik’s outsourced gateway service for corporate e-mail networks. Specific terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Since 1994, Fabrik has been at the forefront of making e-mail a mission-critical business communications tool, delivering enterprise e-mail solutions to corporate sites. In selling the Fabrik Connect business, Fabrik is now focusing all of its resources in the digital direct marketing arena. By combining its expertise in e-mail solutions and database management, Fabrik provides world-class digital direct marketing services to corporate clients, for the purpose of dramatically increasing the effectiveness of their online marketing initiatives.

“With our change in business model, the time was right to transition our Fabrik Connect business to Critical Path, where our customers will have an opportunity to outsource more of their e-mail services,” said Butch Winters, chief executive officer of Fabrik Communications, Inc. “And, Critical Path’s proven track record and industry leadership in the enterprise e-mail space makes this deal a win-win situation for everyone concerned.”

“Critical Path’s state-of-the-art email outsourcing solution with our core competencies and expertise, makes this business a natural fit for Critical Path,” said Doug Hickey, Critical Path’s president and CEO. “We are looking forward to the opportunity to build relationships with Fabrik’s legacy customer base, and provide them with the most advanced email messaging services.”

Fabrik now plans to focus its resources on Fabrik Direct, its e-mail-based direct marketing service for selected vertical markets. With Fabrik Direct, Fabrik assists clients in identifying and securing new customers, better understanding the needs and wants of current customers, and building stronger, more profitable customer relationships. Fabrik’s clients target specific segments of their customer bases with personalized electronic commerce offerings-- creating true one-to-one marketing experiences.

About Fabrik Communications, Inc.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Denver and New York, Fabrik Communications, Inc. (www.fabrik.com) develops and integrates Web, messaging, and database technologies to assist corporate clients with customer acquisition and retention. In addition to its direct marketing services, Fabrik owns and supports the Web’s Catalogs2GO.com catalog portal site.

Founded in 1994, Fabrik is a privately held company with investment support from Accel Partners, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Vanguard Venture Partners, and HarbourVest Partners.

For more information about Fabrik Communications, visit www.fabrik.com; e-mail sales@fabrik.com; or call 1-800-732-2745 or 415-439-6600.

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH) is a leading provider of business-to-business email service solutions for Internet service providers (ISPs), Web hosting companies, Web portals, and corporations. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points, and currently reaches millions of end-users through its partnership agreements. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable email, and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services to partners such as E*Trade, Network Solutions, U S West, Sprint, and AOL/ICQ. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in locations nationwide and in Germany and the UK.

More information on Critical Path can be found at http://www.cp.net