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description: "Creator, Writer, Fixer of things, Serial Entrepreneur, Email Veteran.\nFour decades of hands-on technology hacking have taught me that there is always room for improvement, that no idea should be discounted, and creative solutions can come from the least expected sources. (3)"
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## Recent Articles

# Recent Articles

[![Digital spring tulips](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/5207fb3b-42cb-42d8-b9a2-7d8d7829d369_sm.jpeg)](https://kumomta.com/blog/spring-equinox-release)

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- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- April 3, 2025

### [The Spring Equinox Release](https://kumomta.com/blog/spring-equinox-release)

 Slightly before the dawn of the Spring Equinox this year, KumoMTA published the third stable release of 2025. The first...

[Read more](https://kumomta.com/blog/spring-equinox-release)

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- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- March 27, 2025

### [Oh the places you will... deploy](https://kumomta.com/blog/the-places-you-will-deploy)

 When we first conceived the idea of KumoMTA, one of the primary goals was to empower people to deploy wherever they...

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- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- January 31, 2025

### [The January 2025 Release](https://kumomta.com/blog/the-2025-winter-release)

 We're pleased to announce the Winter 2025 release, now available through our repos and Docker container.

[Read more](https://kumomta.com/blog/the-2025-winter-release)

[![](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/digital_post_sm.jpeg)](https://kumomta.com/blog/inbox-processing-with-kumomta)

[mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops), [inbox](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/inbox), [receiving](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/receiving), [antispam](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/antispam), [antivirus](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/antivirus)

- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- December 24, 2024

### [Inbox Processing with KumoMTA](https://kumomta.com/blog/inbox-processing-with-kumomta)

 KumoMTA is a powerful Message Transfer Agent primarily designed for high-volume outbound delivery, but in mid-December,...

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- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- November 18, 2024

### [KumoMTA metrics explained](https://kumomta.com/blog/kumomta-metrics-explained)

 One of the things that is incredibly important for any MailOps engineer is system observability. That is a big fancy...

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[mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops), [visibility](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/visibility), [webUI](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/webui), [priority](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/priority)

- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- September 24, 2024

### [Setting the PRIORITY Flag](https://kumomta.com/blog/setting-the-priority-flag)

 In the last few months, we have seen a great deal of growth in the number of people moving from other systems to...

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[![](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/Look_At_this_Graph.png)](https://kumomta.com/blog/you-said-you-want-graphs)

[mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops), [visibility](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/visibility), [webUI](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/webui)

- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- August 26, 2024

### [You said you want graphs?](https://kumomta.com/blog/you-said-you-want-graphs)

 One of the questions we have heard since the beginning of KumoMTA has been, "Where is the reporting web UI?" We almost...

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[On-Prem](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/on-prem), [KumoMTA](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/kumomta), [mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops)

- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- July 23, 2024

### [We should talk about KCLI](https://kumomta.com/blog/we-should-talk-about-kcli)

 In case you missed it, the KumoMTA Spring Release is now available in GA! One of the hot items in the release list is a...

[Read more](https://kumomta.com/blog/we-should-talk-about-kcli)

[![Mailtinni user story image](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-12%20at%202.45.10%20PM.png)](https://kumomta.com/blog/user-spotlight-mailtinni)

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- [Tom Mairs](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/tom-mairs)
- June 12, 2024

### [User Spotlight: Mailtinni](https://kumomta.com/blog/user-spotlight-mailtinni)

 KumoMTA was created as a platform for others to build email services on. Our extensive documentation was written...

[Read more](https://kumomta.com/blog/user-spotlight-mailtinni)

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