Hectane Alternatives

Hectane is described as 'An SMTP client that is extremely easy to configure and use, providing a simple HTTP API that is used for sending emails' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are six alternatives to Hectane for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted. The best Hectane alternative is Postfix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hectane are Exim, Sendmail, Courier-MTA and sSMTP.

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    Postfix

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    Postfix is a mail transfer agent (MTA) that routes and delivers electronic mail. It attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure. The software is also known by its former names VMailer and IBM Secure Mailer.

    26 Postfix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    • Postfix is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Hectane.

    • Postfix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Hectane.

    • Postfix is Free and Open SourceHectane is Free and Proprietary
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    Exim

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    Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Sendmail

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    Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of transfer and delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transport over the Internet.

    26 Sendmail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Courier-MTA

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    The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols, such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and mailing list services within a single, consistent, framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Courier-MTA is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Hectane.

    • Courier-MTA is Free and Open SourceHectane is Free and Proprietary

  6. sSMTP

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    sSMTP is a simple MTA to deliver mail from a computer to a mail server. sSMTP is simple and lightweight, there are no daemons or anything hogging up CPU; Just sSMTP. Unlike Exim4, sSMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases, or manage a queue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Microsoft SMTP Server

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    Configure SMTP e-mail in IIS when you want to deliver e-mail messages from your site. Mail can be delivered immediately or it can be delivered to a file location on disk where it can be retrieved for delivery later.

    13 Microsoft SMTP Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Microsoft SMTP Server is the most popular Windows alternative to Hectane.

    • Microsoft SMTP Server is the most popular commercial alternative to Hectane.

    • Microsoft SMTP Server is Paid and ProprietaryHectane is Free and Proprietary
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