Mailborder AlternativesAnti-Spam Tools & Anti-Virus Apps like Mailborder

Mailborder is described as 'A Linux based email gateway that filters email for viruses, spam, malware, phishing, and other threats. Works with any email server and any email provider such as Office 365' and is a Anti-Spam tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Mailborder for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Windows and Mac apps. The best Mailborder alternative is SpamAssassin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mailborder are Proxmox Mail Gateway, Rspamd, MailScanner and Scrollout F1.

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A Linux based email gateway that filters email for viruses, spam, malware, phishing, and other threats. Works with any email server and any email provider such as Office 365.

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Mailborder alternatives page was last updated Apr 14, 2025
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  1. SpamAssassin icon
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    Use this program to "Unspam" your mailbox(es). The program can be integrated with the mail server to automatically filter all mail for a site. It can also be run by individual users on their own mailbox and integrates with several mail programs.

    22 SpamAssassin alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    SpamAssassin Features

    1.  Mail Filtering
    2.  Spam Filter

    SpamAssassin VS Mailborder

     
    • SpamAssassin is the most popular Linux alternative to Mailborder.

    • SpamAssassin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mailborder.

    • SpamAssassin is Free and Open SourceMailborder is Paid and Proprietary
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    Proxmox Mail Gateway is the leading open-source email security solution helping you to protect your mail server against all email threats the moment they emerge.

    12 Proxmox Mail Gateway alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Proxmox Mail Gateway Features

    1.  Mail Filtering
    2.  Spam Filter
    3.  Integrated Spam Protection

    Proxmox Mail Gateway VS Mailborder

     
    • Proxmox Mail Gateway is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Mailborder.

    • Proxmox Mail Gateway is Freemium and Open SourceMailborder is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Rspamd icon
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    Rspamd is an advanced spam filtering system that allows evaluation of messages by a number of rules including regular expressions, statistical analysis and custom services such as URL black lists.

    9 Rspamd alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Rspamd Features

    1.  Clustering
    2.  WebUI Management
    3.  Lua scripting

    Rspamd VS Mailborder

     
  4. MailScanner icon
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    MailScanner is a open source email security system design for Linux-based email gateways. It is used at over 30,000 sites around the world, protecting top government departments, commercial corporations and educational institutions.

    11 MailScanner alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    MailScanner Features

    1.  Mail Filtering
    2.  Spam Filter
    3.  Phishing

    MailScanner VS Mailborder

     
  5. Scrollout F1 icon
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    Scrollout F1 is a free self-hosted email gateway designed for Linux & Windows administrators without advanced email security experience.

    15 Scrollout F1 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    Last update released in 2018, unsupported on newer versions of Debian.

    Scrollout F1 VS Mailborder

     
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    Anti-spam gateway blocks more than 99% of spam with less than one in 1 million false positives and real-time automatic updates.

    10 Symantec Messaging Gateway alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Symantec Messaging Gateway Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2.  Phishing

    Symantec Messaging Gateway VS Mailborder

     
    • Symantec Messaging Gateway is the most popular Windows alternative to Mailborder.

    • Symantec Messaging Gateway is the most popular commercial alternative to Mailborder.

    • Symantec Messaging Gateway is Paid and ProprietaryMailborder is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. EuropeanMX icon
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    EuropeanMX blocks incoming spam and virus emails before they are reaching your network. With our outgoing filter you can secure your server's reputation. And last but not least we are offering encrypted cloud storage to archive all your emails.

    20 EuropeanMX alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    EuropeanMX Features

    1.  Spam Filter

    EuropeanMX VS Mailborder

     
    • EuropeanMX is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Mailborder.

    • EuropeanMX is Paid and ProprietaryMailborder is also Paid and Proprietary
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    The oikik hosted antispam system is divided into multiple filtering layer that a message passes through prior to being delivered to your inbox. If a message successfully passes through every stage of filters, it gets placed into a delivery queue, and is sent along to your mail...

    11 Oikik Antispam alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Oikik Antispam VS Mailborder

     
  9. Altospam icon
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    ALTOSPAM is an integrated SaaS software protecting your email from spams, viruses, scams and phishing. It allows companies owning at least one domain name to secure its email servers. ALTOSPAM combines 16 anti-spams technologies, 6 anti-viruses as well as other security services...

    31 Altospam alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Altospam Features

    1.  Zero-Day Protection
    2.  Real-time protection
    3.  Phishing
    4.  Ransomware Protection
    5.  Heuristic Detection

    Altospam VS Mailborder

     
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    The Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) Server project aims to create an open source platform-independent SMTP Proxy server which implements auto-whitelists, self learning Hidden-Markov-Model and/or Bayesian, Greylisting, DNSBL, DNSWL, URIBL, SPF, SRS, Backscatter, Virus scanning...

    22 Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Server alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • BSD
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Block Trackers
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking

    Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Server VS Mailborder

     
    • Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Server is the most popular Mac alternative to Mailborder.

    • Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Server is Free and Open SourceMailborder is Paid and Proprietary
    • Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Server is Privacy focused and LightweightMailborder is not according to our users
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    Mailprotector® is a SaaS-based B2B email security, compliance, and encryption platform delivered exclusively through a network of global IT partners.

    2 Mailprotector alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Mailprotector VS Mailborder

     
  12. SpamTitan icon
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    DNS Filtering, Spam Email Blocking, Email Archiving from 2020 Award Winning Security Vendor TitanHQ.

    2 SpamTitan alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SpamTitan Features

    1.  Spam Filter

    SpamTitan VS Mailborder

     
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