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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                October 5, 2000
  
                 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  
                                SOFTWARE.COM, INC.
  
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
          Delaware                  000-26379                 77-0392373
  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission               (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)            File Number)         Identification Number)
  
                                525 ANACAPA STREET
  
                          SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101
  
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                  (805) 882-2470
  
                Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                                        N/A
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
     ________________________________________________________________________
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  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
       On October 5, 2000, Software.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("Software.com"), Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Phone.com"), and
  Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
  Phone.com, entered into the Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
  "Amendment") to, among other things, remove as a condition to the closing of the
  merger the approval of the Phone.com stockholders to a change in the name of
  Phone.com. A copy of the Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 2.1. Such
  exhibit is hereby incorporated by reference herein and the foregoing description
  is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
  
  
  
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
       2.1 Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 5,
       2000, by and among Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Silver Merger
       Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
       Phone.com, Inc., and Software.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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                                    SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated: October 10, 2000                 SOFTWARE.COM, INC.
  
  
                                          /s/ Craig A. Shelburne
                                          -----------------------------
                                          Craig A. Shelburne
                                          Senior Vice President, General Counsel
  
  
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                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                 -----------------
  
  Exhibit
  Number                 Description of Document
  ------                 -----------------------
  
   2.1        Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October
              5, 2000, by and among Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
              Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
              subsidiary of Phone.com, Inc., and Software.com, Inc., a Delaware
              corporation.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                October 5, 2000
  
                 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  
                                SOFTWARE.COM, INC.
  
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Delaware                  000-26379                 77-0392373
  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission               (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)            File Number)         Identification Number)
  
                                525 ANACAPA STREET
  
                          SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101
  
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                  (805) 882-2470
  
                Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                                        N/A
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
     ________________________________________________________________________
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
       On October 5, 2000, Software.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("Software.com"), Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Phone.com"), and
  Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
  Phone.com, entered into the Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
  "Amendment") to, among other things, remove as a condition to the closing of the
  merger the approval of the Phone.com stockholders to a change in the name of
  Phone.com. A copy of the Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 2.1. Such
  exhibit is hereby incorporated by reference herein and the foregoing description
  is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
  
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
       2.1 Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 5,
       2000, by and among Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Silver Merger
       Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
       Phone.com, Inc., and Software.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
  SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated: October 10, 2000                 SOFTWARE.COM, INC.
  
                                          /s/ Craig A. Shelburne
                                          -----------------------------
                                          Craig A. Shelburne
                                          Senior Vice President, General Counsel
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                 -----------------
  
  Exhibit
  Number                 Description of Document
  ------                 -----------------------
  
   2.1        Agreement to Amend Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October
              5, 2000, by and among Phone.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
              Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
              subsidiary of Phone.com, Inc., and Software.com, Inc., a Delaware
              corporation.