DefenderMX is a commercial Linux based e-mail security solution. The company was founded in 2002, and has its company headquarters located in Washington D.C.[citation needed] The company develops gateway and hosted solutions built for Linux.
DefenderMX was originally developed in 2001 by Bains Digital Technologies. When FSL and Bains Digital merged, the DefenderMX product was merged into the BarricadeMX PLUS line of products. FSL has revived the DefenderMX name for its next generation of products based on the Open Source Haraka project to which FSL is a major contributor.
DefenderMX uses the following Open Source Projects and Technologies