eLynx and Goodmail Provide Mortgage and Insurance Industries with Certified Email

Seventeen of Top 20 U.S. Lenders Obtain Assured Secure Email Delivery

CINCINNATI and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 17, 2006 -- eLynx Ltd., a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) and a leading provider of secure Web services for lenders and insurance companies, and Goodmail Systems, Inc., creator of the CertifiedEmail system for trusted, assured e-mail delivery, today announced a partnership to automatically include CertifiedEmail functionality in the eLynx e-services platform including electronic document delivery, electronic signature and integrated paper fulfillment.

Currently working with 17 of the top 20 U.S. lenders within a customer base of more than 500 clients, eLynx's e-services platform uses email to deliver links to Web sites where consumers can securely obtain their mortgage and insurance documents in a paperless manner. Goodmail provides accredited volume e-mail senders with the CertifiedEmail technology imprinting outgoing e-mail messages with cryptographically secure tokens which are recognized by participating mailbox providers such as AOL and Yahoo! When such mailbox providers receive CertifiedEmail, they automatically route messages to the server-level inbox, past content and volume filters, rendering links and images active by default.

"The eLynx platform delivers well more than half of all U.S. mortgages," said Richard Gingras, CEO and co-founder of Goodmail. "With the addition of CertifiedEmail capability to the eLynx e-services platform, these leading financial institutions achieve assured delivery of trusted e-mail messages which arrive fully functional for consumers to click on and obtain their mortgage, insurance, or other high-value documents."

"Our customers absolutely depend on us to electronically deliver confidential financial documents in a secure manner," said Phil Huff, president and CEO of eLynx. "Large mortgage and insurance companies rely on our promise of 'Total Fulfillment' of delivery needs and CertifiedEmail is a key enabling technology for increasing adoption of electronic methods."

CertifiedEmail is now included for eLynx customers as part of the eLynx e-services platform.

About eLynx

Founded in 1994, eLynx is a leading provider of secure Web-services for over 500 financial institutions, including 17 of the top 20 in the U.S. The company's solutions enable businesses to capture and maintain data electronically throughout the document lifecycle, automating paper-intensive processes, improving workflow, reducing costs and ensuring compliance with evolving industry regulations. In 2006, eLynx services will be used in over 10 million financial transactions involving consumers, lenders and settlement agents. eLynx, a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS), is headquartered in Cincinnati with additional operations, support and R&D staff in Portland, Ore. For more information, please visit http://www.elynx.com.

About Goodmail Systems

Goodmail Systems makes CertifiedEmail™, the industry standard class of trusted email. CertifiedEmail provides a safe and reliable means for consumers to easily identify authentic email messages from legitimate commercial and nonprofit email senders. Each CertifiedEmail is sent with a cryptographically secure token that assures authenticity, and is marked in the inbox with a unique blue ribbon envelope icon, enabling consumers to visually distinguish email messages which are real and sent from email senders with whom they have a pre-existing relationship. Available to email senders meeting strict standards for best practices and low complaint rates, it is the only class of email available that assures delivery of all opt-in email messages to the inbox, with links and images automatically rendered intact, yielding measurable improvements in email campaign effectiveness. CertifiedEmail has been adopted by seven of the nation's top ten email mailbox providers, and is in use by 500 commercial, government and non-profit senders. It is supported in North America and Europe by a wide network of email platforms and service providers.

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