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     1.4 +\chapter{Comparison of \MTA{}s}
     1.5 +
     1.6 +% http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison
     1.7 +% http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/
     1.8 +% http://fanf.livejournal.com/50917.html
     1.9 +% http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-07/1762.html
    1.10 +% http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6849
    1.11 +% http://www.mailradar.com/mailstat/
    1.12 +
    1.13 +\section{First release}
    1.14 +sendmail: 1983
    1.15 +
    1.16 +postfix: 1999
    1.17 +
    1.18 +qmail: 1996 (first beta 0.70), 1997 (first general 1.0)
    1.19 +
    1.20 +exim: 1995
    1.21 +
    1.22 +masqmail: 1999
    1.23 +
    1.24 +exchange: 1993
    1.25 +
    1.26 +
    1.27 +\section{Lines of code (with sloccount on debian packages)}
    1.28 +sendmail: 93k
    1.29 +
    1.30 +postfix: 92k
    1.31 +
    1.32 +qmail: 18k
    1.33 +
    1.34 +exim: 54k
    1.35 +
    1.36 +masqmail: 14k
    1.37 +
    1.38 +exchange: (no source available)
    1.39 +
    1.40 +
    1.41 +\section{Architecture}
    1.42 +sendmail: monolitic
    1.43 +
    1.44 +postfix: modular
    1.45 +
    1.46 +qmail: modular
    1.47 +
    1.48 +exim: monolitic
    1.49 +
    1.50 +masqmail: monolitic
    1.51 +
    1.52 +exchange: (unknown)
    1.53 +
    1.54 +
    1.55 +\section{Design goals}
    1.56 +sendmail: flexibility
    1.57 +
    1.58 +postfix: performance and security
    1.59 +
    1.60 +qmail: security
    1.61 +
    1.62 +exim: general, flexible \& extensive facilities for checking
    1.63 +
    1.64 +masqmail: for non-permanent internet connection
    1.65 +
    1.66 +exchange: groupware
    1.67 +
    1.68 +
    1.69 +\section{Market share (by Bernstein in 2001)}
    1.70 +sendmail: 42\%
    1.71 +
    1.72 +postfix: 1.6\%
    1.73 +
    1.74 +qmail: 17\%
    1.75 +
    1.76 +exim: 1.6\%
    1.77 +
    1.78 +masqmail: (unknown)
    1.79 +
    1.80 +exchange: 18\%
    1.81 +
    1.82 +
    1.83 +
    1.84 +
    1.85 +1) complexity
    1.86 +
    1.87 +2) security
    1.88 +
    1.89 +3) simplicity of configuration and administration
    1.90 +
    1.91 +4) flexibility of configuration and administration
    1.92 +
    1.93 +5) code size
    1.94 +
    1.95 +6) code quality
    1.96 +
    1.97 +7) documentation (amount and quality)
    1.98 +
    1.99 +8) community (amount and quality)
   1.100 +
   1.101 +9) used it myself
   1.102 +
   1.103 +10) had problems with it