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MESSAGING MANAGERS are viewing the commercial version of sendmail - a freeware Email router that delivers 75% of all Internet mail - as a possible alternative to the less-proven Internet mail gateways on the market.
The authors of sendmail last week announced a commercial venture, Sendmail, Inc., that will offer a business-friendly version of the software with graphical administration tools, antispam features and service and support. The freeware version will still be offered.
The antispam features in sendmail 8.9 could help stifle junk electronic mail. It also could provide a welcome option for companies unwilling to bet their business on shaky Internet gateways from Lotus Development Corp. or Microsoft Corp.
The commercial version of sendmail "will find a home here," said Marion Weiler, senior messaging technologist at Chevron Information Services,...