FORM 6-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         For the month of November 2001


                             Commtouch Software Ltd.
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                                6 Hazoran Street
                      Poleg Industrial Park, P.O. Box 8511
                              Netanya 42504, Israel
                               011-972-9-863-6888
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                     Form 20-F     X                 Form 40-F
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         Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  registrant  by  furnishing  the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission  pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934.

                           Yes                              No    X
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         Attached  hereto  and  incorporated  by  reference  herein is our press
release  announcing the sale of our consumer  email  messaging  business,  which
includes the popular ZapZone  webmail  service,  to CPSG, a venture  development
company.

         The  information in this Report on Form 6-K and the exhibits herein are
incorporated by reference in all Registration  Statements which we have filed or
which we will file in the future under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
which permit such reports to be so incorporated.













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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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                            COMMTOUCH SOFTWARE LTD.
                                                (Registrant)



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                                  Exhibit Index


Exhibit              Description of Document
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 99.1                Press Release announcing sale of Consumer Messaging Unit to
                     CPSG.






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