Qmail AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like Qmail

Qmail is described as 'QMail MTA' and is a Mail Server in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Qmail for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Qmail alternative is mailcow: dockerized, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qmail are Postfix, Mail-in-a-box, Zimbra Collaboration Suite and iRedMail.

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    mailcow is a mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix, SOGo, Rspamd and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration.

    23 mailcow: dockerized alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • mailcow: dockerized is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Qmail.

    • mailcow: dockerized is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Qmail.

    • mailcow: dockerized is Free and Open SourceQmail is Free and Proprietary
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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 alternative to Qmail.

    • Postfix is Free and Open SourceQmail is Free and Proprietary
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    Zimbra Collaboration is an open, secure collaboration tool for email, calendaring, tasks and more. With the most innovative web application available today, Zimbra boosts the productivity of users on any desktop and dramatically reduces TCO compared to legacy platform vendors.

    45 Zimbra Collaboration Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Zimbra Collaboration Suite is the most popular Web-based alternative to Qmail.

    • Zimbra Collaboration Suite is the most popular commercial alternative to Qmail.

    • Zimbra Collaboration Suite is Paid and ProprietaryQmail is Free and Proprietary
  4. iRedMail icon
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    A fully fledged, free email server solution, an open source project (GPL v2).

    Use official binary packages from Linux/BSD distributions, with both i386 and x86_64 support.

    Easy, fast deployment in LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. View YouTube Video to check how easy it is.

    Works on both no.

    66 iRedMail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. 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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    Is a collaboration suite (messaging and groupware). It is designed to run on open source operating systems such as Linux or BSD. In order to modernize the Citadel platform for the Internet, the Citadel/UX developers added functionality such as shared calendars, instant...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Modoboa icon
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    Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface. It provides useful components such as an administration panel or a webmail.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • E-MailRelay is the most popular Windows alternative to Qmail.

    • E-MailRelay is Free and Open SourceQmail is Free and Proprietary
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