Privacy Ratings

Spam and virus filtering

Amavis privacy rating

Self-hosted content filter written in Perl that sits between a mail server and scanners such as SpamAssassin and ClamAV, passing each message to them and acting on the results.

Platforms: Linux

Summary

Amavis scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.

Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • Yes

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.

    gitlab.com

  • Yes

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

    Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

    No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and the project website loads no analytics.

    gitlab.com

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Free software maintained by volunteers, with no ads.

    amavis.org

  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

    Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

    No independent audit is published.

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