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smtpd/smtpfwdd

  • Originally from Juniper firewall toolkit
  • Simple daemons often used to "wrap" Sendmail
  • Access control rules have cleaner format, more obvious semantics than those in Sendmail access control database
  • Daemons are lightweight, can reject spam quickly with little overhead
  • Code audited by OpenBSD team and included in standard OpenBSD distribution