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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Mail.com, Inc., (the "Company")
hereby severally constitute and appoint Gerald Gorman, Chairman and Chief
Executive, and David Ambrosia, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary and each of them individually, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys, with full powers to them and each
of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 1999 of Mail.com, Inc. filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
and Exchange Commission and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of Attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March 30, 2000:

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           Signature                                      Title                                           Date
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/s/ GERALD GORMAN                           Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,                       March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------         Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Gerald Gorman

/s/ GARY MILLIN                             Chief Executive Officer, WORLD.com                        March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------         Director
Gary Millin

/s/ LON OTREMBA                             President, Director                                       March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------
Lon Otremba

/s/ DEBRA L. MCCLISTER                      Executive Vice President & Chief Financial                March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------         Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial
Debra L. McClister                          Officer)


/s/ THOMAS MURAWSKI                         Chief Executive Officer, Mail.com Business
-----------------------------------         Messaging Services, Inc., Director                        March 30, 2000
Thomas Murawski

/s/ CHARLES WALDEN                          Executive Vice President, Chief Technology
-----------------------------------         Officer, Director                                         March 30, 2000
Charles Walden

/s/ DAVID AMBROSIA                          Executive Vice President, General Counsel                 March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------         and Secretary
David Ambrosia

/s/ WILLIAM J. DONALDSON                    Director                                                  March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------
William J. Donaldson

/s/ STEPHEN KETCHUM                         Director                                                  March 30, 2000
-----------------------------------
Stephen Ketchum

/s/ JACK KUEHLER                            Director                                                  March 30, 2000
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Jack Kuehler
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