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SINA.com.hk offers the largest web base email in HK, 50 MB e-mail storage capacity

SINA.com.hk's e-mail service -- SinaMail now offers a massive 50 Megabytes free e-mail storage capacity to their subscribers. This super storage - the largest in the world - is more than 10 times the mail storage capacity offered by ordinary Web sites.

SinaMail is the first in Hong Kog to offer free storage as large as 50 Megabytes. Given this capacity, subscribers will avoid the hassle of regularly deleting e-mails, while minimising the chances of not receiving messages because storage space has reached its limits.

Another cutting edge service of SinaMail is that it offers subscribers a choice of three domain names: @sinaman.com, @sinagirl.com and @sinatown.com. It also features a full spectrum of e-mail functions with highlights as follows: 1) Automatic Reply - if a subscriber is unable to attend to incoming mail, the system will send an automatic reply with a subscriber-prescribed message; and 2) Mail Filter - a mail filter preempts bulk mail and unwanted messages.

If a subscriber must shuttle between different computers, is frequently away, or does not own a computer, he or she will find SinaMail's global roaming service very convenient. With an Internet connection, one can send or receive e-mails anywhere in the world, and thanks to four sets of POP3 accounts provided by SinaMail, subscriber would be able to set up a maximum of four accounts to receive mail from other POP accounts. This means that if a subscriber's office has a POP account or an account provided by an ISP, he or she can read mail received by these accounts through any browser with a Web Mail programme. They can also be confident that their messages are securely stored in SINA.com's server and will lose no data if they encounter unrecoverable errors on their computers.

Offering 50 megabytes of free e-mail storage, a wide range of facilities, a user-friendly interface and maximum flexibility, SinaMail, which guarantees a smooth work flow, is the ideal partner for modern communications.

50 megabytes SinaMail is now available for registration at http://sinamail.sina.com

Other facilities at SinaMail:

¡P An efficient address book giving a quick glimpse of individual and group contact details.
¡P A convenient mail management system to add, delete or change e-mail folders.
¡P A personal preferences option to tailor e-mail logs, menus, read and compose mail.
¡P Several POP3 mailboxes that enable subscribers to simultaneously receive e-mails.
¡P E-mail can be forwarded from other accounts to a Web mail account.
¡P The system's high speed enables subscribers to correspond with contacts around the world in a split second.
¡P Subscribers can change their personal address at will.
¡P Quickly search and locate a specific message.
¡P High capacity enables subscribes to attach graphics or voice messages to e-mails

About SINA.com
SINA.com is a global Internet media company that operates the world's largest Chinese-language destination site. The company offers a network of branded content and services to serve the 1.5 billion people of Chinese descent worldwide. The SINA.com global network includes properties in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America and planned sites for other Chinese population centers around the world.

SINA.com has been ranked as the number one Chinese website by various authoritative surveys including CNNIC in China and WWW.CONSULT in Australia. As of January, 2000, SINA.com has over 420 million monthly page views and 2.4 million registered users. SINA.com is the leading brand in the Chinese Internet market. SINA.com was created by the merger of two of the largest Chinese web sites in the world: SINANET.com of Sunnyvale, CA., and Stone Rich Sight Information Technology Company Ltd. (SRS) of Beijing in December 1998. The new company, SINA.com, has offices in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Sunnyvale, California.

Issued by Beyond Communications Limited on behalf of SINA.com.hk For enquiries, pls. contact:
At SINA.com.hk
Ms. Cindy Lee (cindy@staff.sina.com)
Tel: 2155-8858/ 9194-6416
Fax: 2295-3630
Visit www.sina.com.hk for more information

At Beyond Communications Limited
Ms Eleanor Chan (eleanor@beyondpr.com)
Tel: 2815-5088
Fax: 2815-5123