Born from a simple idea: give the spam to something that actually wants it.
SpamGoblin started in 2007 as a practical answer to a problem every business knows too well: too much junk email and too much time wasted dealing with it. The technology has changed over the years, but the mission has stayed simple—keep unwanted and dangerous email away from the people trying to get real work done.
The Legend of SpamGoblin
According to a highly questionable historical record, Brian and Brandi Oakes once encountered an old couple muttering, “Don’t feed the goblin.” Naturally, they did exactly what any responsible person would do: accepted a mysterious key from strangers and went home.
That is when the grunting started.
Before long, the Oakes household had somehow acquired a growing population of extremely hungry SpamGoblins. The creatures were not picky. They simply wanted garbage—and the Internet happened to have an endless supply.
The solution was obvious: feed them spam.
Ever since, the Goblins have been happily consuming unwanted email while legitimate messages continue on to their destination. We cannot independently verify every detail of this legend, but we can confirm that the Goblins remain hungry.
The people keeping the Goblins under control
Brian Oakes
Brian is a longtime IT infrastructure, networking and systems troubleshooter who has spent his career solving the kinds of technical problems that tend to make normal people leave the room. SpamGoblin has always been one of his favorite projects: part technology platform, part ongoing experiment, and part excuse to keep feeding mythical creatures junk mail.
Brandi Oakes
Brandi has been part of SpamGoblin from the beginning, helping shape the service, customer experience and the practical side of keeping the Goblins pointed in the right direction. Around here she is still known as the Queen of the SpamGoblins.
Still small-business focused.
SpamGoblin is intentionally straightforward. We want small businesses to be able to add a useful layer of email protection without taking on an enterprise security project just to stop junk mail.