OpenSMTPD Alternatives

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

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OpenSMTPD alternatives page was last updated Jan 5, 2025
  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
    Postfix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Postfix Features

    1.  Mail Filtering
    Postfix iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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

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

    • Postfix is Free and Open SourceOpenSMTPD is also Free and Open Source
  2. Exim icon
     12 likes

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

    18 Exim alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Exim Features

    1.  SMTP Support
    Exim iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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  3. Sendmail icon
     4 likes

    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.

    28 Sendmail alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Sendmail Features

    1.  SMTP Support
    Sendmail iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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  4. Courier-MTA icon
     7 likes

    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.

    13 Courier-MTA alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Courier-MTA Features

    1.  Mail Filtering
    2.  SMTP Support
    3.  IMAP Support
    Courier-MTA iconOpenSMTPD Icon

    Courier-MTA VS OpenSMTPD

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

    • Courier-MTA is Free and Open SourceOpenSMTPD is also Free and Open Source
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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.

    19 sSMTP alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    sSMTP Features

    1. Node.js icon  Support for Node.js
    2.  SMTP Support
    Discontinued

    The last update was in 2013.

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  6.  3 likes

    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.

    7 Dragonfly Mail Agent alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Dragonfly Mail Agent Features

    1.  SMTP Support
    OpenSMTPD Icon

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    Inbucket is an email testing application; it will accept messages for any email address and make them available to view via a web interface.

    7 Inbucket alternatives
    Inbucket screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Inbucket Features

    1.  POP3 Support
    2.  SMTP Support
    3.  REST API
    OpenSMTPD Icon

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    • Inbucket is the most popular Windows alternative to OpenSMTPD.

    • Inbucket is Free and Open SourceOpenSMTPD is also Free and Open Source
  8. Microsoft SMTP Server icon
     1 like

    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.

    14 Microsoft SMTP Server alternatives
    Microsoft SMTP Server screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Microsoft SMTP Server Features

    1.  Exchange
    2.  Email Forwarding
    3.  SMTP Support
    Microsoft SMTP Server iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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

    • Microsoft SMTP Server is Paid and ProprietaryOpenSMTPD is Free and Open Source
  9. Haraka icon
     3 likes

    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.

    7 Haraka alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS

    Haraka Features

    1.  Support for Javascript
    Haraka iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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  10. NikaMail icon
     1 like

    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.

    13 NikaMail alternatives
    NikaMail screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    NikaMail Features

    1.  POP3 Support
    2.  Exchange email
    NikaMail iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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  11. E-MailRelay icon
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    A lightweight mail server with SMTP and POP3 support. It mainly used as store-and-forward mail server with POP access to spooled messages or it can be used as a personal internet mail server.

    10 E-MailRelay alternatives
    Usage scheme

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Support for Aliases
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Multiple Account support
    5.  POP3 Support
    6.  SMTP Support
    7.  Email automation
    E-MailRelay iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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  12. Lettre icon
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    Lettre is a mailer library for Rust.

    6 Lettre alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Lettre Features

    1.  SMTP Support
    Lettre iconOpenSMTPD Icon

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