Changes to spam filtering

We’re changing the platform that filters spam for our mail customers.

Baruwa, which we’ve used for years, reaches end of life in November 2026 — its developers are stopping support and security updates. Rather than run mail filtering on software that no longer receives fixes, we’re moving to Proxmox Mail Gateway.

What this means for you

For most customers, nothing changes and there’s nothing to do. Your address stays the same, your mailbox and its contents are untouched, and your email app keeps working without reconfiguration. Filtering continues throughout — we’re changing what does it, not whether it happens.

If you’re one of the customers who uses the Baruwa web interface directly — to review quarantined mail, or to manage your own allow and block lists — that’s the part that changes, since Proxmox Mail Gateway has its own interface. We’ll contact you individually to move you across and show you the equivalent screens. You don’t need to do anything in the meantime.

Timeline

When	What happens
Now	Baruwa continues to run. We begin moving customers across.
Before November 2026	Affected customers are contacted individually and migrated.
November 2026	Baruwa reaches end of life and is retired.

We’ll update this page as the migration progresses.

Questions we expect

Will I lose quarantined mail? Anything currently held in quarantine stays available until your migration. If something in there matters, release it to your inbox rather than leaving it quarantined.

Do I need to change my email settings? No. Server names, ports, and passwords are unaffected — see Set up your email if you’re configuring a new device.

Is my mail less protected during the change? No. Filtering runs continuously through the migration; there’s no window where mail is unfiltered.

I’d rather opt out of filtering entirely. Talk to us and we’ll go through the options and the trade-offs.

Questions about your account?

Still stuck? Open a support ticket and our team will help.