Microsoft SMTP Server Alternatives

Apps similar to Microsoft SMTP Server include Postfix, which is free and open source. Other options are Exim, OpenSMTPD, Sendmail and sSMTP. You can choose from more than 10 Mail Servers like Microsoft SMTP Server for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.

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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.

    27 Postfix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  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
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  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
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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
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  9. Atmail webmail system offers a webmail client, email server platform and mailserver appliance for Linux, Unix and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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  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
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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
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  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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