What is bounceHammer?

bounceHammer == bounced email handler

bounceHammer is a open source software mainly developed for handling email bounces on UNIX/Linux server. bounceHammer parses a bounced email, finds a reason of delivery failure, classify a recipient address and a domain, and output parsed data as a YAML/JSON format.

Output as a YAML/JSON fomat

bounceHammer output parsed data as a YAML/JSON format, and store parsed data(YAML) into database table. The stored data can be searched, updated, and deleted by using command line tool or WebUI (browser based contorl panel). If you search by using commad line tool, you will get the results as a YAML/JSON format.

If you have any bounced email

bounceHammer is not a email delivery system, is a email bounce handling system. If you have any bounced email, bounceHammer parse your bounced emails.

How good is bounceHammer for?

bounceHammer makes it easier to read unreadable bounce, in other words, bouncehammer make unreadble message to structured data ( computer readable ).

No need to replace your email delivery system

bounceHammer is a dedicated system for handling bounced emails. bounceHammer is enable to parse bounced email which is generated by open source MTA (Sendmail, Postfix, qmail, Exim, and Courier MTA). Even if you have any bounced email ( and bounceHammer ), you can get the bounce-handling system.

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Store structured data permanently

bounceHammer save parsed data as a YAML file, and store parsed data (YAML file) into database table, and output search results from database as a YAML/JSON (also CVS) format.

You can use any programming language which can read YAML/JSON

Parsed data are saved as a YAML file, search results can be get as a YAML/JSON format. For example, If your web site or delivery system is written in the language which can read YAML/JSON, you can build an email address verification system quickly.

Data structure of parsed data generated by bounceHammer

You can get the reason why email delivery failed

A bounced email is so unreadale that it is difficult to find the reason why email delivery failed. bounceHammer can find email addresses (From, To), a reason, and other detailed information about its email boucne from a bounced email, then save parsed data into disk and database.

People who should use bounceHammer

bounceHammer is useful system for the following people.

bounceHammer case studies(in Japan, in Japanese)

All the people who deliver email

Speaking extremely, bounceHammer is useful for the people who deliver any email. Especially, it useful for the following people.

Administrator of MTA who receive many email bounces
Administrator of MTA who delivery many emails from websites/web services
Administrator of MTA who delivery many newsletters or mailling lists
Administrator who hates an email bounce

Mail server administrator

All things done with command line tools of bounceHammer on a console. Each command can read data from STDIN, can be used in batch processing (runs as a cron job). The results of command execution will be displayed as a YAML format in a batch processing mode.