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+\chapter{Comparison of \MTA{}s}
+
+% http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison
+% http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/
+% http://fanf.livejournal.com/50917.html
+% http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-07/1762.html
+% http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6849
+% http://www.mailradar.com/mailstat/
+
+\section{First release}
+sendmail: 1983
+
+postfix: 1999
+
+qmail: 1996 (first beta 0.70), 1997 (first general 1.0)
+
+exim: 1995
+
+masqmail: 1999
+
+exchange: 1993
+
+
+\section{Lines of code (with sloccount on debian packages)}
+sendmail: 93k
+
+postfix: 92k
+
+qmail: 18k
+
+exim: 54k
+
+masqmail: 14k
+
+exchange: (no source available)
+
+
+\section{Architecture}
+sendmail: monolitic
+
+postfix: modular
+
+qmail: modular
+
+exim: monolitic
+
+masqmail: monolitic
+
+exchange: (unknown)
+
+
+\section{Design goals}
+sendmail: flexibility
+
+postfix: performance and security
+
+qmail: security
+
+exim: general, flexible \& extensive facilities for checking
+
+masqmail: for non-permanent internet connection
+
+exchange: groupware
+
+
+\section{Market share (by Bernstein in 2001)}
+sendmail: 42\%
+
+postfix: 1.6\%
+
+qmail: 17\%
+
+exim: 1.6\%
+
+masqmail: (unknown)
+
+exchange: 18\%
+
+
+
+
+1) complexity
+
+2) security
+
+3) simplicity of configuration and administration
+
+4) flexibility of configuration and administration
+
+5) code size
+
+6) code quality
+
+7) documentation (amount and quality)
+
+8) community (amount and quality)
+
+9) used it myself
+
+10) had problems with it