Proxmox Mail Gateway: Open-Source Email Security Solution
Proxmox Mail Gateway filters incoming and outgoing email to protect against spam, viruses, and other threats, integrating with existing mail servers and running on Linux.
What is Proxmox Mail Gateway?
Proxmox Mail Gateway is an open-source Linux-based email security gateway developed by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH. It is designed to filter incoming and outgoing email to protect organizations against spam, viruses, malware, phishing attacks, and other email-borne threats.
Key features of Proxmox Mail Gateway include:
- Real-time scanning of all emails for spam, viruses, and malicious content using methods like signature matching, heuristic analysis, DNS blocklists, greylisting, etc.
- Protection against phishing attacks and business email compromise fraud using machine learning and sender policy framework checks
- Email encryption and support for implementing secure transport protocols like TLS, SMTPS, etc.
- Flexible content filtering to block undesirable attachments, messages with profanity, etc.
- Reporting and monitoring tools providing insights into email traffic and security
- Easy deployment as a virtual appliance and seamless integration with existing mail servers like Microsoft Exchange or Postfix
- Built on Debian Linux and open-source components like Postfix, SpamAssassin, ClamAV antivirus scanner, etc.
Proxmox Mail Gateway provides an all-in-one secure email route for protecting mail servers and preventing threats from reaching end user inboxes. Its open-source model provides transparency and avoids vendor lock-in.