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The main result of the paper is the proof of the existence of a solution for the following first boundary value problem for the parabolic equation \[ a\Delta u-{\partial u\over\partial t}- f(x,t)u- h(x,t)= 0,\quad u(x,t)|_\Gamma= \varphi(x, t) \] in case the function \(f(x,t)\) is bounded and continuous in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}_+\) positive and bounded away from zero when \((|x|+ 1)\to \infty\), and if \(h(x,t)\) is continuous and satisfies the following estimate \[ |h(x,t)|\leq C\exp(- k(|x|+ t)),\tag{E} \] \(C\) and \(k\) being positive constants. Regarding the boundary condition, one assumes that the restrictions of \(\varphi\) to hyperplanes \(x_{i1}=\cdots= x_{ik}= 0\) have continuous first-order partial derivatives with respect to \(t\), second-order derivatives with respect to \(x\), and together with their derivatives satisfy estimates of form (E). Under these conditions the solution of the stated problem exists and satisfies also an estimate of form (E). As auxiliary results, examples of functions satisfying estimations of type (E) are shown.