EXHIBIT 99(a)(5)

Dear j2 Global Employees:

Further to Richard's message earlier today, please find attached detailed
information regarding our Stock Option Exchange Program. Read the information
provided and, as Richard advised in his message, consider your decision
carefully.

Your Election form, if you wish to participate in this program, must be received
by me by 5 P.M. Pacific Time on June 18, 2001. See instructions on the Election
form. If you have questions after reading the Offer to Exchange and the Election
Concerning Exchange of Stock Options, please contact me by email at
pbrunton@j2.com or by telephone at (323) 860-9252.

*Offer to Exchange - Word version

*Election form - Word version

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