MailScanner Development

[Jerry Benton]

Shawn Iverson asked me to post this to the thread. HE is unable to post to the thread with a Gmail account.

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Hello Jerry,

I guess because I'm using a gmail account, I cannot post directly to the list. 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 projects 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 allowed me to expand my skill set, at one point 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 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
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www.mailborder.com<http://www.mailborder.com>
+1 843-800-8605


From: MailScanner <mailscanner-bounces+jerry.benton=mailborder.com at lists.mailscanner.info> on behalf of Maarten via MailScanner <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 09:35
To: MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Cc: Maarten <mailscanner at feedmebits.nl>
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’t 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 MailScanner
> in favor of a more modern C and PHP based product.
>        * Since I have to focus on Mailborder, I stopped actively developing
> 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 he
> had before. (I am assuming.)
>        * Mark Sapiro is involved, but he mostly focuses on Mailman. He helps
> 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 …
>
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> Jerry Benton
>
> www.mailborder.com<http://www.mailborder.com> [1]
>
> +1 843-800-8605
>
>
>
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