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| Developer(s) | Shawn Iverson |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 5.3.4
/ 4 December 2020 |
| Repository | github |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Email filtering |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www.mailscanner.info |
MailScanner is an open source email security system for use on Unix email gateways and was first released in 2001. It protects against viruses, spam, malware, and phishing. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
The original author, Julian Field, won the 2004 Open Source Award from UKUUG for the product.[1]
Worldwide, the software is estimated to be process over eighty billion emails per month, with millions of downloads. ISPs and mobile telephone networks are included in this list of users.
More recently, anti-phishing measures have been introduced. The software spots attempts at obfuscating URLs (for example, to lure the user into thinking they are signing into their bank, when in reality they are using an impostor web site) and modifies the email with a suitable warning.
As of January 2014 the project is sponsored by the lead developer Jerry Benton who is the founder of Mailborder Systems. As of January 2018 the primary developer is Shawn Iverson of the eFa Project. The project's other major contributor is Mark Sapiro of the GNU Mailman Project.