When someone important says your software product epitomizes strrength, class and beauty, it's like a high-five fest. That's what it's like at ZigMail's offices today (we're even doing a few by WebEx since our team is spread from one coast to the other).

ZigMail has been named the Best Email Innovation for 2011 in the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. The program honors the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more.

We thank our awesome community of ZigMail alpha and beta users. You made your voices heard and your votes count. We share this incredible honor with you!

It was a pretty high bar in this competition given the caliber of other finalists in our category. Hats-off to Google (Gmail SmartLabels), Shortmail, Microsoft (Windows Live Hotmail Scheduled Cleanup) and eMailDodo. We're honored to be in your company!

Our chief technology officer Orin Fink added, “There’s nothing better than having our users rank ZigMail #1 for putting an end to personal email overload. It’s gratifying to know we’ve built a product that has made it easier for people to manage their transactional lives. We congratulate the other finalists and thank About.com for shining a spotlight on game-changing email innovations like ZigMail.”

We also send a huge thank-you to Heinz Tschabitscher, email guide at About.com. Heinz orchestrated the judging for the email category and was the first to share the results with us. He says, “Congratulations! That was a great performance of you and your loyal users.”

We recommend bookmark ing Heinz’ tips and advice at http://email.about.com. It's chock-full of great ideas and solutions to tame the email beast.

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