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              L-SOFT EXPANDS DC OFFICE AND HIRES NEW STAFF

                          September 12th, 1994

In order to  meet the growing demand for LISTSERV  products and services,
L-Soft  is  undergoing  a  major   expansion  effort.  We  are  currently
implementing the  first phase  of a two-stage  expansion plan  which will
give us, by 1Q95, the necessary resources to deliver the new products and
services our customers are demanding. During this first phase, we will be
hiring new employees,  relocating our main Washington, DC  office to more
spacious  premises,  and equipping  it  with  workstations for  the  most
popular LISTSERV environments, a VM system, and a T1 leased line. We have
already moved  the bulk of our  equipment, and our new  address and phone
numbers are:

    L-Soft International, Inc.
    11501 Georgia Avenue
    Suite 405
    Wheaton, MD 20902
    USA

    Phone: +1 (301) 942-8886
    FAX:   +1 (301) 942-1098

Mail sent to  our old DC address  will continue to reach us  for at least
another 6 months. Thus, no action is required from you if you were in the
process of  sending us a  purchase order; your  PO will reach  us without
delay, and  we will put a  note in the  invoice with our new  address and
phone numbers. While  we were unfortunately unable to keep  the old phone
numbers, they now point to a recorded message with the new numbers.

Once our new office is fully operational and the necessary infrastructure
is in place,  we will proceed with  phase 2 and hire  additional staff to
work on  new projects and  services. We expect to  be making a  number of
announcements  over   the  next   few  months,   as  the   schedules  and
implementation plans are finalized.

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* New L-Soft employees and contractors *
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Elena Nolen joined L-Soft on August 1,  and quickly took charge of the DC
office. Elena is  responsible for coordinating the  implementation of the
expansion plan  and, in particular,  for ensuring a smooth  transition to
the new  office over the next  few weeks. Besides running  the DC office,
Elena  will be  responsible for  assisting customers  with administrative
problems,  and for  monitoring customer  satisfaction. If  you need  help
tracking a purchase  order or contract, or if you  are not satisfied with
the service  you are receiving from  L-Soft, Elena is the  person to talk
to. Her address is ELENA@LSOFT.COM.

Elena's first experience with computers dates back to 1988, when employed
by the US  Department of Defense. She used systems  ranging from personal
computers to  large mainframes and  supercomputers. In 1992,  Elena began
working  for Johns  Hopkins University,  where she  became familiar  with
BITNET and LISTSERV. Due to her  eclectic background, Elena feels at home
with VM,  VMS(TM), unix(R)  and Windows(TM). She  also has  experience in
office management, and has maintained service contracts and renovated the
budget system of an equipment repair company.

Darrell Burkhead joined  L-Soft on August 22, taking a  one-year break in
his  studies at  Western Kentucky  University, and  is now  in charge  of
VMS(TM) development. Darrell is a seasoned VMS(TM) programmer, best known
for  being the  co-author  and  maintainer of  MadGoat  FTP,  a free  FTP
client+server  package for  VMS(TM).  Darrell will  continue to  maintain
MadGoat  FTP  and other  MadGoat  utilities  in  his spare  time.  L-Soft
understands the  importance of  these popular  utilities for  the VMS(TM)
community and  will, of  course, assert no  claim on  Darrell's continued
work on MadGoat products.

Darrell will be responsible for  integrating LISTSERV more tightly in the
VMS(TM)  environment, and  for  helping customers  with VMS(TM)  specific
problems. He will also be involved in the development of future products.
Darrell's address is DARRELL@LSOFT.COM.

L-Soft  has  contracted  with  Sue   Gier  to  plan  and  coordinate  the
development  of professional  documentation for  LISTSERV and  LMail. Sue
brings to L-Soft over 12 years of experience in technical writing/editing
and user support  at James Madison University. We picked  her out of over
20 professional  writers because of  the clarity  of her writing  and her
familiarity  with the  Internet  and LISTSERV.  We also  plan  to hire  a
permanent technical writer from the DC area.

Finally, Jim  Jones has been working  full time for L-Soft  since July 1.
Jim joined  L-Soft in January, on  a part-time basis, and  left his other
employment in June to take up a full-time position with L-Soft.

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