Sendmail
Message transfer agent (MTA).
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Comparisons in Communication - Email - Mail Transfer Agents: SendGrid alternatives.
At a glance
Sendmail quick facts
- Health score
- 10/100 STALE
- Stars
- Not measured
- Last commit
- Not measured
- Latest release
- Not measured
- Licence
- Sendmail
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Sendmail scores 10/100, #9 of 9 in Communication - Email - Mail Transfer Agents: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 0.0 / 20
0 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Last 12 months
- unknown
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 9 tools in Communication - Email - Mail Transfer Agents by health , just below Postfix (#8) .
Details
| Licence | Sendmail |
| Platforms | C, deb |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | Source ↗ |
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