Sendmail
Message transfer agent (MTA).
Developed outside the platforms our data source measures, so there is no activity history to score. This says nothing about the project — many unrated projects are actively maintained.
Activity data
Not available for this project. Our source collects commit history from GitHub only, and Sendmail is developed elsewhere.
| Stars | not measured |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | — |
| Licence | Sendmail |
| Built with | C, deb |
Is Sendmail actively maintained?
We cannot measure this one. Sendmail is developed outside the platforms our data source collects activity from, and its repository lives at www.proofpoint.com — so there is no commit history or release cadence here to score.
Read that as missing data, not as a warning. Several of the best-maintained projects in this catalogue are unrated for exactly this reason. To judge it, open the repository and look at the date of the most recent commit yourself.
What Sendmail actually does
Sendmail is a message transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail between computer systems. It handles the low-level transmission protocols required to move messages across networks. As a foundational mail transfer agent, it processes inbound and outbound SMTP traffic.
Best fit: It is suitable for traditional Linux environments requiring a standard, low-level mail routing daemon for system notifications or basic mail relaying. It fits administrators who need a conventional message transfer agent packaged as a native debian binary.
Worth knowing: The specific development status, release cadence, and repository metrics are unrated, which makes assessing current maintenance activity difficult. Furthermore, mail transfer agents in general demand careful configuration to avoid open relay vulnerabilities and delivery failures.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C application distributed via deb packages, it typically runs directly on the host operating system without requiring a separate database. You will need persistent storage for mail queues and local configuration files managed via standard system service controls.
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