Re: MailScanner Development
"Jerry Benton" <jerry.benton-OT/[email protected]> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:40:33 +0000
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--===============7870746491082536488== Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_CH3PR12MB8356C81324F16C8E6A06984AF4F2ACH3PR12MB8356namp_" --_000_CH3PR12MB8356C81324F16C8E6A06984AF4F2ACH3PR12MB8356namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Shawn Iverson asked me to post this to the thread. HE is unable to post to = the thread with a Gmail account. ----------- Hello Jerry, I guess because I'm using a gmail account, I cannot post directly to the li= st. Feel free to share with the list. To All, I have recently stepped away from development altogether and have purged my= Github account. This includes MailScanner, MailWatch, eFa, and other proje= cts in which I was involved. It originally started out as a hobby, but over= time it became a burden for me. It did help me out in my career and allowe= d me to expand my skill set, at one point even leading me to land a high pa= ying role due to my expertise in mail filtering. However, my priorities in = life have changed, and the thankless work of countless hours of development= without compensation no longer appeals to me. That doesn't mean that someone else cannot step in and continue development= . It is open source, after all. I think someone else has already taken the = helm of eFa and created a fork. Sincerely, Shawn ----------- -- Jerry Benton www.mailborder.com<http://www.mailborder.com> +1 843-800-8605 From: MailScanner <mailscanner-bounces+jerry.benton=3Dmailborder.com@lists.= mailscanner.info> on behalf of Maarten via MailScanner <[email protected]= ailscanner.info> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 09:35 To: MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]> Cc: Maarten <[email protected]> Subject: Re: MailScanner Development Hello Jerry, Thanks for the information and the history. I will just take out MailScanner out of my postfix config and work without it since it's just on my personal mailserver. I will see if I can find anti-spam measure which I can use but I have found since I have setup enforcing of spf, dkim and dmarc that I haven't really received much spam anymore. Thanks for your time and for the work you and others have done on MailScanner. Kind Regards, Maarten On 2025-10-21 15:27, Jerry Benton wrote: > Maarten, > > I started a new thread. Don=92t reply to the old one. It keeps > triggering admin approval because the subject matches a thread. > > So, here is the history: > > * Julian Field created the original MailScanner > * He walked away and I took over the project. > * I dragged MailScanner into the current era by rewriting it and > releasing v5. I did this because my product used MailScanner. > * I rewrote Mailborder (my commercial product) dropping MailScanne= r > in favor of a more modern C and PHP based product. > * Since I have to focus on Mailborder, I stopped actively developi= ng > MailScanner. (no time) > * Shawn Iverson took over the primary development of MailScanner, = but > I still own the project. Since Shawn created the eFA Project, he has a > vested interest in MailScanner development. > * Shawn has moved along in his career and does not have the time h= e > had before. (I am assuming.) > * Mark Sapiro is involved, but he mostly focuses on Mailman. He he= lps > provides answers to questions, but rarely develops MailScanner. > > So, this is where we are. No one else has stepped up to help further > develop MailScanner. At some point in the future I may release an open > source version of Mailborder that would be a stripped down version of > the commercial product. I want to give the community something, but I > also have to feed my family. So =85 > > -- > > Jerry Benton > > www.mailborder.com<http://www.mailborder.com> [1] > > +1 843-800-8605 > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.mailborder.com -- MailScanner mailing list mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected] http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner --_000_CH3PR12MB8356C81324F16C8E6A06984AF4F2ACH3PR12MB8356namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:sc= hemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/of= fice/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Aptos; panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ligatures:none;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" style=3D"word-wrap:brea= k-word"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Shawn Iverson asked= me to post this to the thread. HE is unable to post to the thread with a G= mail account. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">-----------<o:p></o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello J= erry,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I guess= because I'm using a gmail account, I cannot post directly to the list. Fee= l free to share with the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To All,= <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I have = recently stepped away from development altogether and have purged my Github= account. This includes MailScanner, MailWatch, eFa, and other projects in = which I was involved. It originally started out as a hobby, but over time it became a burden for me. It did he= lp me out in my career and allowed me to expand my skill set, at one p= oint even leading me to land a high paying role due to my expertise in= mail filtering. However, my priorities in life have changed, and the thankless work of countless hours of devel= opment without compensation no longer appeals to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">That do= esn't mean that someone else cannot step in and continue development. It is= open source, after all. I think someone else has already taken the helm of= eFa and created a fork.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sincere= ly,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shawn<o= :p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">-----------<o:p></o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">Jerry Benton<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.mailborder.com"><span style= =3D"color:#0563C1">www.mailborder.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">+1 843-800-8605<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <div id=3D"mail-editor-reference-message-container"> <div> <div> <div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in = 0in 0in"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style=3D"fon= t-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MailScanner <mai= lscanner-bounces+jerry.benton=3Dmailborder.com-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]> o= n behalf of Maarten via MailScanner <mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]&= gt;<br> <b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 09:35<br> <b>To: </b>MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]>= ;<br> <b>Cc: </b>Maarten <[email protected]><br> <b>Subject: </b>Re: MailScanner Development<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style=3D"font-s= ize:11.0pt">Hello Jerry,<br> <br> Thanks for the information and the history. I will just take out <br> MailScanner out of my postfix config and work without it since it's just <b= r> on my personal mailserver. I will see if I can find anti-spam measure <br> which I can use<br> but I have found since I have setup enforcing of spf, dkim and dmarc <br> that I haven't really received much spam anymore.<br> <br> Thanks for your time and for the work you and others have done on <br> MailScanner.<br> <br> Kind Regards,<br> Maarten<br> <br> On 2025-10-21 15:27, Jerry Benton wrote:<br> > Maarten,<br> > <br> > I started a new thread. Don=92t reply to the old one. It keeps<br> > triggering admin approval because the subject matches a thread.<br> > <br> > So, here is the history:<br> > <br> > * Julian Field created the o= riginal MailScanner<br> > * He walked away and I took = over the project.<br> > * I dragged MailScanner into= the current era by rewriting it and<br> > releasing v5. I did this because my product used MailScanner.<br> > * I rewrote Mailborder (my c= ommercial product) dropping MailScanner<br> > in favor of a more modern C and PHP based product.<br> > * Since I have to focus on M= ailborder, I stopped actively developing<br> > MailScanner. (no time)<br> > * Shawn Iverson took over th= e primary development of MailScanner, but<br> > I still own the project. Since Shawn created the eFA Project, he has a= <br> > vested interest in MailScanner development.<br> > * Shawn has moved along in h= is career and does not have the time he<br> > had before. (I am assuming.)<br> > * Mark Sapiro is involved, b= ut he mostly focuses on Mailman. He helps<br> > provides answers to questions, but rarely develops MailScanner.<br> > <br> > So, this is where we are. No one else has stepped up to help further<b= r> > develop MailScanner. At some point in the future I may release an open= <br> > source version of Mailborder that would be a stripped down version of<= br> > the commercial product. I want to give the community something, but I<= br> > also have to feed my family. So =85<br> > <br> > --<br> > <br> > Jerry Benton<br> > <br> > <a href=3D"http://www.mailborder.com">www.mailborder.com</a> [1]<br> > <br> > +1 843-800-8605<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > Links:<br> > ------<br> > [1] <a href=3D"http://www.mailborder.com">http://www.mailborder.com</a= ><br> <br> <br> -- <br> MailScanner mailing list<br> mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]<br> <a href=3D"http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner">http= ://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner</a><o:p></o:p></span= ></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_CH3PR12MB8356C81324F16C8E6A06984AF4F2ACH3PR12MB8356namp_-- --===============7870746491082536488== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- MailScanner mailing list mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected] http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner --===============7870746491082536488==--