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XPEDITE SIGNS STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH E-MARKETING FOR messageREACHSM
Ptek's E-mail Unit Partners With Travel Industry Leader Gaining Access to 31,000 Travel Agents

EATONTOWN, N.J., November 29, 2000 - Xpedite, a global leader in multimedia information distribution and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced its Internet services division, messageREACHsm (www.messageREACH.com), signed an exclusive agreement with e-Marketing, a leading developer of e-mail marketing applications for the travel industry. Under the terms of the agreement, messageREACH's travel industry customers, which include transportation, lodging and tour operating companies, will have access to e-Marketing's opt-in database of more than 31,000 travel agents in North America.

"messageREACH is already delivering close to two million e-mail messages per day, and this new agreement with e-Marketing should push us to that mark very quickly," says Matt McGill, Director of Business Development, messageREACH. "Access to e-Marketing's extensive database will be a valuable marketing tool for our existing travel industry customers, which includes more than 800 companies such as Marriott, United Airlines, and Holland America Line."

"We decided to partner exclusively with messageREACH because of Xpedite's impressive track record in the fax business and extensive travel industry customer base," said Michael Goldberg, President, e-Marketing. "E-mail has been increasingly embraced by travel agents, and a recent American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) survey found that almost nine out of ten ASTA agencies use e-mail in their offices. This partnership will enable messageREACH's customers to reach a large target audience with their information, such as last-minute space availabilities, tour close-outs and fare specials."

According to eMarketer, a research firm providing Internet statistics, permission-based commercial e-mail message volume will reach 64 billion messages by the end of the year, accounting for 12% of total U.S. e-mail. Combined expenditures of e-mail marketing products, services and advertising will increase from $1 billion by the end of the year to $4.6 billion by 2003.

About Xpedite

Xpedite (www.xpedite.com) is a global leader in multimedia information distribution and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK). The company offers a full range of electronic- and fax-based document distribution and data messaging services using the industry's first and the world's largest dedicated IP network. Xpedite processes up to six million document pages every day to all types of electronic addresses, including Internet, e-mail, fax and telex. Xpedite's diverse client base includes such industry leaders as Boeing, BankOne, Merck, Xerox, Chase Manhattan, as well as 40% of all Fortune 500 companies. Xpedite has sales offices in 30 locations throughout the U.S. and 25 international offices, including Tokyo, London, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Brussels, Munich, Paris and Madrid.

In early 2000, Xpedite announced that it had formed a new division, messageREACH (www.messagereach.com), which is an outsourced, Internet based e-mail service provider for Fortune 2000 companies, specializing in tracking, encryption and automated administration for high volume e-mail applications.

About Ptek Holdings, Inc.

Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK) is a network of leading Internet and business-to-business service providers. Ptek's business units include Xpedite, Voicecom and Premiere Conferencing. The company's PtekVentures investment unit has ownership interests in Healtheon/WebMD (NASDAQ: HLTH), S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE), WebEx (NASDAQ: WEBX), USA.NET, Webforia, Derivion, i2Go, BuyTrek, ScienceWise.com, PlanetJam Media Group, Ntown Communications, clickandmove.com, iKimbo and WorldWideTesting. Ptek leverages the technologies, management expertise, market channels and capital of its network to drive growth and promote market leadership throughout its operating and network companies.

Ptek Holdings' corporate headquarters is located at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, The Lenox Building, Atlanta, GA 30326. Additional information can be found at www.ptek.com.

For Investor Relations-related inquiries, please contact Eric Martin at 404-504-2461.

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For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to differ from the Company's forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in the "Factors Affecting Future Performance" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 and in subsequent filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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