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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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Active development
New releases are typically 2-3 months apart.
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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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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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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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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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Can run sendmail milters
Almost all Sendmail milters can be used with Postfix out of the box.
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Highly flexible
Exim has by far the most flexible architecture of most commonly used mail transfer agents. As such it is a lot easier to break or do highly complex things.
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Sendmail compatible
Exim is a drop-in replacement for Sendmail.
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Good documentation
Exim provides thorough documentation with great examples.
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Easy to use
Most Linux distributions that come with Exim, come with sane Exim default configurations. Changing default values and slightly adjusting configuration is relatively easy. On the other hand, building a completely new Exim configuration file from scratch might not.
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Ubiquitous
Due to inertia and historical reasons Sendmail is nearly Ubiquitous on all Unix platforms.
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Portability
Sendmail is the only major MTA that's fully ported to Windows.
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