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CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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To the Board of Directors of
Tumbleweed Communications Corp.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-8 of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. of our report dated January
17, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Tumbleweed
Communications Corp. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed
August 3, 2000 of Tumbleweed Communications Corp.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
October 25, 2000
