POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
authorizes Philip Maynard and Sam Auriemma of FileNET
corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
singularly, to execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934,
relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of
securities in the Company.  The undersigned hereby grants
to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has cause this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th
day of October, 2004.

/s/ Theodore L. Smith