Is Mail-Sendmail safe to use?

Mail-Sendmail has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.82). DepScope rates its health at 46/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of Mail-Sendmail?

The latest version of Mail-Sendmail is 0.82, released 2025-07-14.

Does Mail-Sendmail have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Mail-Sendmail.

Is Mail-Sendmail deprecated?

No, Mail-Sendmail is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.82 (2025-07-14).

What are alternatives to Mail-Sendmail?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for Mail-Sendmail at this time.

What license does Mail-Sendmail use?

Mail-Sendmail is licensed under perl_5.

Mail-Sendmail

cpanv0.82

Simple platform independent mailer

License perl_51 versions1 maintainers12 deps

neilb/Mail-Sendmail

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Health

use with caution

Package name resembles 'Mail::Sendmail' (possible typosquat). Verify the name is what you intend before installing.

Possible typosquat of 'Mail::Sendmail'

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

⚠ Possible typosquat

Name is close to a popular package. Targets:

Mail::Sendmail (close_name dist 2)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (12)

ExtUtils::MakeMaker Socket MIME::Base64 warnings Digest::MD5 Exporter strict parent Time::Local vars Sys::Hostname Sys::Hostname::Long

API access

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Last updated · 2025-07-14T12:42:57