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                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0104|
                                                                                                        |Expires: September 30,1998|
                             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
                                Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event        |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                       |
|                                        |  Requiring Statement  |                                                                 |
|COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION             |  (Month/Day/Year)     |    CMGI, Inc.                            ("CMGI")               |
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|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|      08/18/1999       |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to  |6.If Amendment, Date of  |
|                                        |                       |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)        |  Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
|  20555 SH 249                          |                       |                                       |                         |
|  M/C 110701                            |-----------------------|   Director           x 10% Owner      |                         |
|                                        |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |---                  ---               |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  of Reporting Person  |                                       |7.Individual or Joint/   |
|      (Street)                          |  (Voluntary)          |   Officer              Other          |  Group Filing           |
|                                        |                       |---(give title below)---(Specify below)|  (Check Applicable Line)|
|                                        |                       |                                       |    Form filed by One    |
|Houston                 TX    77070     |    76-0011617         |                                       |--- Reporting Person     |
|                                        |                       |                                       | x  Form filed by More   |
|                                        |                       |                                       |--- than Reporting Person|
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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                              |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)            |2.Amount of Securities       |3.Ownership   |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial           |
|                                          |  Beneficially Owned         |  Form:       |  Ownership (Instr. 5)                    |
|                                          |  (Instr. 4)                 |  Direct (D)  |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  or Indirect |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  (I)(Instr.5)|                                          |
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|   Common Stock                           |         18,994,975          |     I        |                                          |
|                                      (01)|                             |              |                                          |
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|   Preferred Stock                        |                             |              |                                          |
|                                      (01)|             18,090.45       |     I        |                                          |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

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FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1.Title of |2.Date Exercisable and |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion or |5. |6.Nature of | | Derivative | Expiration Date | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | Exercise Price |Own. | Indirect | | Security | (Month/Day/Year) | | of Derivative |Form | Beneficial | | (Instr. 4) | | | Security |of | Ownership | | | | | |Deri.| (Instr. 5) | | | | | |Sec. | | | | | | |Dir. | | | | | | |(D) | | | |-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| |or | | | |Date |Expiration | |Amount or Number | |Ind. | | | |Exercisable |Date | Title |of Shares | |(I) | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (01) Digital Equipment Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation) owns 18,994,975 shares of CMGI, Inc. Common Stock and 18,090.45 shares of CMGI, Inc. Series D Preferred Stock which is convertible into 1,809,045 shares of CMGI, Inc. Common Stock upon an affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by stockholders of CMGI, Inc. at any stockholder meeting. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal By: /s/ Linda S. Auwers 10/18/99 Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ---------- Linda S. Auwers Date Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Vice President, Associate General If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Counsel and Secretary SEC 1473 (7-96) Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number. Compaq Computer Corporation 08/03/1998 PAGE: 2 OF 2

JOINT FILER INFORMATION Name: Digital Equipment Corporation I.R.S. Identification Number: 04-2226590 Address: 20555 State Highway 249 Houston, TX 77070 Designated Filer: Compaq Computer Corporation Issuer and Ticker Symbol: CMGI, Inc. ("CMGI") Date of Event Requiring Statement: August 18, 1999 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION By: /s/ Linda S. Auwers 10/18/99 - ------------------------------------------ -------- Linda S. Auwers Date Vice President, Assistant Secretary/Assistant Clerk