Most home firewalls ignore email. Sophos UTM runs a full SMTP proxy with anti-spam (using RBLs and greylisting) and anti-virus. You can point your domain’s MX record to your home IP and let Sophos scrub your mail before forwarding it to your internal Exchange or Gmail relay. It is surprisingly effective at killing phishing attempts that Google’s filters miss.
The popularity of Sophos UTM Home wasn't just about the price (free); it was about the feature set. Competitors like pfSense and OPNsense are open-source darlings, but Sophos offered proprietary enterprise engines that rivaled them in specific areas. sophos utm home
To get the most out of , don't stop at the wizard. Most home firewalls ignore email
The only meaningful restriction on the license is the 50 IP address limit . This means only 50 unique internal devices (phones, laptops, smart TVs, servers) can access the internet through the firewall simultaneously. It is surprisingly effective at killing phishing attempts
The default logging is slow. Go to Management → Logging and increase the log verbosity. For diagnostics, open the "Live Log" widget (Host: 192.168.1.254 Port: 1514 ).