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

                                April 24, 2003
                       ---------------------------------
                       (Date of earliest event reported)


                        Tumbleweed Communications Corp.
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            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


       Delaware                    000-26223               94-3336053
  -------------------------   -----------------------  ---------------------
  (State of Incorporation)    (Commission File No.)     (IRS Employer
                                                        Identification No.)


                               700 SAGINAW DRIVE
                        REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063
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         (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


                                (650) 216-2000
             ----------------------------------------------------
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


         -------------------------------------------------------------
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS


In August 2002, the Board of Directors of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (the
"Company") approved a one-year stock repurchase program authorizing the
Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of $10 million of its common stock.
In April 2003, the Company adopted a 10b5-1 plan, which allows the Company to
repurchase its stock under its repurchase program during a period in which the
Company is in possession of material non-public information, provided the
Company previously communicated repurchase instructions to its broker at a
time when the Company was not in possession of such material non-public
information. Importantly, the 10b5-1 plan does not increase the aggregate $10
million amount authorized for repurchase purposes.


                                   SIGNATURE

         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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                          TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.


Date: April 24, 2003                      By: /s/ Bernard J. Cassidy
                                              ------------------------------
                                              Bernard J. Cassidy
                                              Vice President and General
                                              Counsel
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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

                                April 24, 2003
                       ---------------------------------
                       (Date of earliest event reported)

                        Tumbleweed Communications Corp.
            ------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

       Delaware                    000-26223               94-3336053
  -------------------------   -----------------------  ---------------------
  (State of Incorporation)    (Commission File No.)     (IRS Employer
                                                        Identification No.)

                               700 SAGINAW DRIVE
                        REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063
         ------------------------------------------------------------
         (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                (650) 216-2000
             ----------------------------------------------------
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

         -------------------------------------------------------------
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

In August 2002, the Board of Directors of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (the
"Company") approved a one-year stock repurchase program authorizing the
Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of $10 million of its common stock.
In April 2003, the Company adopted a 10b5-1 plan, which allows the Company to
repurchase its stock under its repurchase program during a period in which the
Company is in possession of material non-public information, provided the
Company previously communicated repurchase instructions to its broker at a
time when the Company was not in possession of such material non-public
information. Importantly, the 10b5-1 plan does not increase the aggregate $10
million amount authorized for repurchase purposes.

                                   SIGNATURE

         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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                          TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

Date: April 24, 2003                      By: /s/ Bernard J. Cassidy
                                              ------------------------------
                                              Bernard J. Cassidy
                                              Vice President and General
                                              Counsel