mailshell.net is part of avast! IS, right?

Everyone once in awhile I see a connection on Network Shield to dns://7.0.0.223.lbl7.mailshell.net

I never saw this before I upgraded from Pro to IS.

Apparently. See:
http://www.mailshell.com/mail/client/oem2.html/step/testimonials

"Mailshell's technology provides a great balance of low memory usage, high throughput and consistent accuracy." Vincent Steckler, CEO, AVAST Software