INGRAM MICRO'S FRENCH AND GERMAN SUBSIDIARIES SELECT XPEDITE FOR OUTSOURCED E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Xpedite's messageREACH Service to Improve Channel Communications

EATONTOWN, N.J. (April 3, 2001) - Xpedite (www.xpedite.com), a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced that the French and German subsidiaries of Ingram Micro Europe, the European division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, have selected Xpedite for their outsourced e-mail communications. Ingram Micro France and Ingram Macrotron AG, will use Xpedite's messageREACH^SM e-mail service to communicate with their resellers.

"messageREACH allows us to effectively communicate with hundreds of resellers to give them immediate access to market information such as price changes, promotions and special offers," said Christian Bittebierre, Managing Director of Ingram Micro France. "Through messageREACH, we can include links to Ingram Micro's Web pages within each message, which enables our resellers to instantly place orders and provides us with detailed tracking and delivery reports."

"Europe has led our messageREACH services international growth, increasing 250% in the fourth quarter over the third quarter of 2000," said Matthew McGill, Xpedite's Director of Business Development for messageREACH. "Adding Ingram Micro's European divisions as messageREACH customers clearly demonstrates our capabilities as a global company. With offices and support staff in 18 European and Asian countries, we can provide the type of electronic messaging services that a company such as Ingram Micro requires. We look forward to continuing to capture a significant share of the European outsourced e-mail market."

About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. is the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services. The company operates in 36 countries with sales of $30.7 billion for the fiscal year 2000. Ingram Micro's global regions provide the distribution of technology products and services, marketing development and supply chain management services to more than 175,000 technology solution providers and 1,700 manufacturers. The company is focused on maximizing shareowner value and achieving customer satisfaction through innovation in the information technology supply chain. Visit www.ingrammicro.com / www.ingrammicro-europress.com

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