perl-esmtpd is an antispam, antivirus, and authenticating SMTP daemon. It integrates with qmail, sendmail, stunnel, etc. It's simple Perl, so you can hack it to suit your needs. It supports RBLs, mx on from, bounce evil phrases, virus scanning, etc. It offers: RBL-sytle black-hole DNS checking when not relaying, verification of valid MX records for the MAIL FROM (when not relayin, the ability to use Stunnel for smtps connections and still do RBL checks etc., simple authentication (i.e. PLAIN or LOGIN) for offsite users, and the ability to reject email with certain key phrases. Many other useful features are included.
| Tags | Communications Email Filters Mail Transport Agents |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent POSIX BSD Linux |
| Implementation | Perl |


Release Notes: This is a stable release, featuring MD5 spam logging/filtering.