aid: brightmail
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/brightmail.png
name: Brightmail
description: Brightmail was an email anti-spam software company founded in 1998 by Sunil Paul, best
  known for its network of "spam probe" honeypot email addresses that fed real-time anti-spam
  filtering rules to enterprise mail servers. Symantec acquired Brightmail in 2004 for roughly $370
  million, and the technology shipped for years as Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam and later Symantec
  Mail Security; Symantec's enterprise security business was subsequently acquired by Broadcom in
  2019. Brightmail today is a defunct brand with no independent developer program or public API
  surface — www.brightmail.com redirects to broadcom.com and the brightmail.com apex domain no longer
  resolves. This profile is retained for historical/network completeness rather than active API
  enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brightmail/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-status: defunct
x-acquired-by: symantec
x-acquired-year: 2004
tags:
- Company
- Email
- Anti-Spam
- Email Security
- Security
- Messaging
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: http://www.brightmail.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence