fakehermes

The fakehermes program is an excellent addition to the Hermes software, allowing you to implement a fake but efficient SMTP server. But why would you need this? The main function of this program is to set it up as a secondary MX server. Many spammers try to send their junk emails to your least preferred SMTP server, hoping for a way to bypass your spam filters. Unfortunately, some badly configured secondary SMTP servers will relay this spam directly to your primary SMTP server without any verification.

By configuring fakehermes as a secondary SMTP server, any spammer connections will be received, but not processed. Legitimate connections will retry on the primary SMTP server. This means that fakehermes acts as an effective spam filter, saving you a lot of hassle and annoyance.

Apart from this function, fakehermes also logs all attempts to send email through it in a detailed log. This log records not only who sent the email, but also what methods they tried to use. However, it must be noted that fakehermes does not have the full functionality of an SMTP server. Therefore, it cannot deliver any mail, and should not be used as a primary SMTP server. Overall, fakehermes is an excellent software that provides a useful add-on to the Hermes software, and is highly recommended to anyone looking to simplify their email management.