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ZDNet UK: Sendmail shrink-wraps open source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2000

“Internet mail specialist SendMail has opened offices in the UK
to sell a commercial Internet mail product line, which has been
developed by the Open Source community for the past 20 years.
Sendmail also opened its European centre in the UK to offer round
the clock consultancy and technical support.”

The Sendmail Switch 8.10 family features 128-bit mail
encryption; central control over multiple Sendmail servers, and
content management APIs
to integrate spam and anti-virus
scanning products from vendors such as Trend Micros, Sophos and
Symantec. Also included are simulation and testing tools to manage
mail routing and flow regulation, multiple queue support, and SMTP
password authentication.”

“The product originates from the 20-year-old sendmail mail
transfer agent (MTA). The firm Sendmail was created to sell an
enterprise level solution and services based on the code….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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