From 18dc796a8a664fb210a991f33095a29e85a1870b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20Jos=C3=A9=20Guti=C3=A9rrez=20de=20Quevedo=20P=C3=A9?= =?UTF-8?q?rez?= Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:29:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ADD: README, taken from website --- README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1994842 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +hermes is a GPL anti-spam solution that will help you get rid of (most) UCE. + +It's key features are: + +* Multiplatform: + hermes runs on Linux, Solaris and even on Windows. + +* Transparent: + Although clients will connect to hermes, hermes won't display any message of + its own or alter in any way the communications with your real mail server, + except at the moment of greylisting. + +* Efficient: + We have gone to great lengths to make hermes as efficient as possible, both + for your computer and for the SMTP server that it proxies. + +* Configurable: + hermes is highly configurable, from greylisting time to logging method and + everything in between. +* Extension friendly: + We support most SMTP extensions such as SMTP-AUTH and STARTTLS. + +* Compatible: + You can use hermes in combination with other techniques such as nolisting or + Bayesian Filtering either on the client side or on the server side (or both + if you prefer). You can also use fakehermes to fake a secondary smtp server + and further reduce your spam.