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Qmail
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Excellent security
Qmail was built ground up with security in mind.
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Unsupported
The original author of Qmail stopped maintaining it in 1998. It was released to public domain in November 2007.
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Fast
Qmail parallelizes mail delivery to increase speed.
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Easy to maintain
Configuration of Qmail is sane and straightforward.
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Sendmail compatible
Qmail is a drop-in replacement for Sendmail.
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Postfix
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Resource efficient and fast
Due to its modular design, Postfix can be configured to only use parts that are required in each use-case and as such conserves resources and operates fast.
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No official version-controlled repository
See discussion at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mailing.postfix.users/6Kkel3J_nv4 and unofficial repo at https://github.com/vdukhovni/postfix
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Good documentation
Postifx has a thorough documentation with examples.
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Pain in the neck to configure
Postfix is hard to configure: be prepared to spend some time configuring TLS and permissions, through trial and error. Postfix is an awesome MTA but if you are looking for a quick and functional setup, don't use it.
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Can run sendmail milters
Almost all Sendmail milters can be used with Postfix out of the box.
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Active development
New releases are typically 2-3 months apart.
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Flexible and easy to administer
Postfix uses a monolithic, flexible, human-readable configuration file with sane defaults and since it's modular, each module can be used, ignored or switched with another depending on needs.
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Security focused
Postfix was built ground up with security in mind. It is highly secure. As such it can at times be a bit less flexible than Exim.
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Sendmail compatible
Postfix is a drop-in replacement for Sendmail. It implements a compatibility interface with some options silently ignored.
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