NikaMail AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like NikaMail

NikaMail is described as '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' and is a Mail Server in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NikaMail for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted, Windows and BSD apps. The best NikaMail alternative is Postfix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NikaMail are Haraka, Exim, OpenSMTPD and Sendmail.

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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 NikaMail.

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

    • Postfix is Free and Open SourceNikaMail is also Free and Open Source
  2. Haraka icon
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    Haraka is an open source SMTP server written in Node.js which provides extremely high performance coupled with a flexible plugin system allowing Javascript programmers full access to change the behaviour of the server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • Haraka is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NikaMail.

    • Haraka is Free and Open SourceNikaMail is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  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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    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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    In the default mode, it transmits a mail to an SMTP server (for example at a free mail provider) which takes care of further delivery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

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

    • Microsoft SMTP Server is Paid and ProprietaryNikaMail is Free and Open Source
  10. MailerQ icon
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    MailerQ is a high performance Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and a very fast SMTP server, designed to deliver large volumes of email messages at very high speeds. MailerQ is based on RabbitMQ AMQP.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • 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
     
  12. EmailSuccess icon
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    EmailSuccess, an advanced SMTP Server (MTA) built from the ground up to handle the most critical reliability, performance, security, and deliverability requirements.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Java
     
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