Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- Slackware
Sendmail is described as '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' and is a Mail Server in the online services category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Sendmail for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, Mac and BSD apps. The best Sendmail alternative is Postfix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sendmail are Zentyal, Mail-in-a-box, Zimbra Collaboration Suite and Microsoft Exchange.
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.
