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author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:29:49 +0200 |
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meillo@25 | 1 MTA comparision |
meillo@25 | 2 =============== |
meillo@25 | 3 |
meillo@25 | 4 Candidates: |
meillo@25 | 5 - sendmail |
meillo@25 | 6 - postfix |
meillo@25 | 7 - qmail |
meillo@25 | 8 - exim |
meillo@25 | 9 - masqmail |
meillo@25 | 10 |
meillo@25 | 11 - (exchange, ...) |
meillo@25 | 12 |
meillo@25 | 13 |
meillo@25 | 14 Author |
meillo@25 | 15 ------ |
meillo@25 | 16 sendmail: Eric Allman and others, now Sendmail Inc. |
meillo@25 | 17 postfix: Wietse Venema and many others |
meillo@25 | 18 qmail: Daniel J. Bernstein |
meillo@25 | 19 exim: Philip Hazel |
meillo@25 | 20 masqmail: Oliver Kurth |
meillo@25 | 21 exchange: Microsoft Corporation |
meillo@25 | 22 |
meillo@25 | 23 |
meillo@25 | 24 License |
meillo@25 | 25 ------- |
meillo@25 | 26 sendmail: Sendmail License |
meillo@25 | 27 postfix: IBM Public License |
meillo@25 | 28 qmail: public domain |
meillo@25 | 29 exim: GPL |
meillo@25 | 30 masqmail: GPL |
meillo@25 | 31 exchange: MS-EULA |
meillo@25 | 32 |
meillo@25 | 33 |
meillo@25 | 34 First release |
meillo@25 | 35 ------------- |
meillo@25 | 36 sendmail: 1983 |
meillo@25 | 37 postfix: 1999 |
meillo@25 | 38 qmail: 1995 |
meillo@25 | 39 exim: 1995 |
meillo@25 | 40 masqmail: 1999 |
meillo@25 | 41 exchange: 1993 |
meillo@25 | 42 |
meillo@25 | 43 |
meillo@25 | 44 Lines of code (with sloccount on debian packages) |
meillo@25 | 45 ------------------------------------------------- |
meillo@25 | 46 sendmail: 93k |
meillo@25 | 47 postfix: 92k |
meillo@25 | 48 qmail: 18k |
meillo@25 | 49 exim: 54k |
meillo@25 | 50 masqmail: 14k |
meillo@25 | 51 exchange: (no source available) |
meillo@25 | 52 |
meillo@25 | 53 |
meillo@25 | 54 Architecture |
meillo@25 | 55 ------------ |
meillo@25 | 56 sendmail: monolitic |
meillo@25 | 57 postfix: modular |
meillo@25 | 58 qmail: modular |
meillo@25 | 59 exim: monolitic |
meillo@25 | 60 masqmail: monolitic |
meillo@25 | 61 exchange: (unknown) |
meillo@25 | 62 |
meillo@25 | 63 |
meillo@25 | 64 Design goals |
meillo@25 | 65 ------------ |
meillo@25 | 66 sendmail: flexibility |
meillo@25 | 67 postfix: performance and security |
meillo@25 | 68 qmail: security |
meillo@25 | 69 exim: general, flexible & extensive facilities for checking |
meillo@25 | 70 masqmail: for non-permanent internet connection |
meillo@25 | 71 exchange: groupware |
meillo@25 | 72 |
meillo@25 | 73 |
meillo@25 | 74 Market share (by Bernstein in 2001) |
meillo@25 | 75 ----------------------------------- |
meillo@25 | 76 sendmail: 42% |
meillo@25 | 77 postfix: 1.6% |
meillo@25 | 78 qmail: 17% |
meillo@25 | 79 exim: 1.6% |
meillo@25 | 80 masqmail: (unknown) |
meillo@25 | 81 exchange: 18% |