FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

digital.forest Announces RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service for Dantz
Development's Retrospect 4.1

BOTHELL, WASHINGTON, October 6, 1998 -- digital.forest, Inc.(tm), the
world's premier provider of Macintosh Internet colocation and hosting
services today announced its RECOVER-iT!(tm) Internet Backup Service.

"RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service will provide individuals and network
managers the ability to safely store their critical data off-site. In
conjunction with Retrospect 4.1 from Dantz Development, RECOVER-iT!
Internet Backup Service fills a vital need in any backup strategy," said
Chris Kilbourn, president of digital.forest. "Automating your backups via
Retrospect and FTP provides access 24/7 to the critical function of
off-site storage."

"Plus, if you need to do a restore, your Retrospect archives are available
at any time via FTP; no waiting for the bank's vaults to open! Retrospect
4.1 with RECOVER-iT! provides you with an easy, fast and secure way to
place your data out of harm's way," Kilbourn said.

digital.forest's mission is to provide you with the highest level of
stability and security for your data on our FTP servers. You can rest
assured knowing that a state-of-the-art data center has been engineered for
reliability and around-the-clock access to your data. Features of
digital.forest's data center include:

* High-speed access to the Internet
* Optimized LAN and redundant WAN connections
* Isolated electrical circuits
* Uninterruptable filtered and conditioned backup power
* Earthquake hardened server racks and enclosures
* Dedicated, redundant environmental controls
* 24/7 FTP Access
* 24/7 Monitored security system
* 24/7 Server monitoring

Pricing for RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service

RECOVER-iT! PERSONAL PLAN
STORAGE AMOUNT MONTHLY FEE SETUP FEE
SAFE 30 30-MB $9.95 $20.00
SAFE 50 50-MB $14.95 $20.00
SAFE 100 100-MB $24.95 $20.00
SAFE 500 500-MB $99.95 $20.00
Additional 1-MB $1.49 N/A
Storage

RECOVER-iT! BUSINESS PLAN
STORAGE AMOUNT MONTHLY FEE SETUP FEE
SUPERSAFE 1 Gig 1-GB $149.95 $20.00
SUPERSAFE 5 Gig 5-GB $499.95 $20.00
Additional Storage PER/1-GB $99.95 N/A
Additional Storage PER/1-GB $74.95 N/A
OVER 100GB

For more information about RECOVER-iT!, please visit
http://www.forest.net/backup/recover-it.html

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digital.forest provides Macintosh world wide web server colocation to
clients from around the world, and was one of the first Mac-based ISP's. In
addition to colocation, digital.forest also provides web site hosting on
its own servers, and FileMaker Pro database hosting, allowing clients to
publish their FileMaker databases on the web. digital.forest was also a
co-sponsor of the original $10,000 Macintosh Web Security Challenge.

digital.forest, RECOVER-iT!, Dantz, Retrospect, Apple, Macintosh are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All other
brand names mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective holders, and are hereby acknowledged.

For more information, please view http://www.forest.net/, e-mail
sales@forest.net or call digital.forest at +1 425 483 0483.

Regards,
Christopher Kilbourn