Microsoft SMTP Server Alternatives

Microsoft SMTP Server is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Microsoft SMTP Server for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Microsoft SMTP Server alternative is Postfix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft SMTP Server are Exim, OpenSMTPD, Sendmail and Courier-MTA.

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  1. Postfix icon
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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
     
    • Postfix is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Microsoft SMTP Server.

    • Postfix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Microsoft SMTP Server.

    • Postfix is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft SMTP Server is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Exim icon
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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
     
  3. OpenSMTPD icon
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    OpenSMTPD is a FREE implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by RFC 5321, with some additional standard extensions. It allows ordinary machines to exchange e-mails with other systems speaking the SMTP protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • OpenSMTPD is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Microsoft SMTP Server.

    • OpenSMTPD is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft SMTP Server is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Sendmail icon
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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
     
  5. Courier-MTA icon
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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
     
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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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    A small Mail Transport Agent (MTA), designed for home and office use. Part of DragonFly BSD , it accepts mails from locally installed Mail User Agents (MUA) and delivers the mails either locally or to a remote destination.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Atmail webmail system offers a webmail client, email server platform and mailserver appliance for Linux, Unix and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Atmail Email Server is the most popular Web-based alternative to Microsoft SMTP Server.

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

    • Atmail Email Server is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft SMTP Server is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. AtMail Open icon
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    AtMail is an open source webmail client written in PHP. We aim to provide a elegant Ajax webmail client for existing IMAP mailservers, with less bloat and a focus on an intuitive, simple user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Hectane icon
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    An SMTP client that is extremely easy to configure and use, providing a simple HTTP API that is used for sending emails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Hectane is Free and ProprietaryMicrosoft SMTP Server is Paid and Proprietary
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    BulkMTA is Commercial Mail Server Similar to PowerMTA. IP Rotation, DKIM, Sender / Receiver Rate limiting.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. NikaMail icon
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    NikaMail is a portable, extendable, zero-config email server. It is designed to perform automation tasks, provide access to mailboxes (port 110), serve as a mail transfer agent (port 587) and mail exchange service (port 25). NikaMail supports TLS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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