Steve Freegard
Technical Advisor Presenter at Abusix, Inc.
Chichester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Freegard is a versatile technical advisor and presenter with 14 years of professional experience combining hands-on backend engineering, product leadership, and broadcast technology expertise. Based in Chichester, he has led development teams and product strategy as Senior Product Owner at Abusix while maintaining a long track record as an independent IT consultant and Development Director. An active open-source contributor, Steve has strengthened notable projects like rspamd and the Haraka SMTP server by implementing spam-detection modules, DSN functionality, and protocol-compliance fixes that improve real-world mail delivery and filtering. He brings a pragmatic focus on reliable, secure systems and operational detail—skills honed across radio stations and hospital radio technical roles where uptime and clarity matter. Comfortable switching between deep technical fixes and public-facing presentation, he blends system-level coding with clear communication to non-technical audiences. A practical problem-solver, Steve often surfaces subtle protocol and header-handling issues before they become user-facing incidents.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Aylsham High School
Stackoverflow
16reputation
1kreached
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
sendmail10
send-email10
spam-filtering10
c1110
smtps10
smtp10
c1710
e-mail10
smtpd10
lua10
nodejs10
rspamd10
message-queue9
queuing9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
haraka/Haraka
Sep 2011 - Jul 2018
A fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 794 commits, 278 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Steve focused on implementing and improving the DSN (Delivery Status Notification) module for the Haraka SMTP server. Their contributions included creating new DSN functions, adding missing functionalities, and creating initial documentation. Furthermore, the user corrected the handling of MAIL and RCPT parameters and implemented checks on the SIZE parameter, showing a focus on protocol compliance and feature enhancement.
harakasmtpmailmtajavascript
rspamd/rspamd
Apr 2016 - Sep 2018
Rapid spam filtering system.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:49 commits, 25 PRs, 38 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily focused on enhancing the rspamd spam filtering system. They added a new DCC module for spam detection and implemented new rules for various spam patterns, including forwarding and compromised hosts. They also made improvements to existing rules and header checks, refining the system's ability to identify and categorize spam effectively.
spam-filtering-systemluamtaspamemail
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