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1 \chapter{Comparison of \MTA{}s}
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3 % http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison
4 % http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/
5 % http://fanf.livejournal.com/50917.html
6 % http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-07/1762.html
7 % http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6849
8 % http://www.mailradar.com/mailstat/
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10 \section{First release}
11 sendmail: 1983
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13 postfix: 1999
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15 qmail: 1996 (first beta 0.70), 1997 (first general 1.0)
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17 exim: 1995
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19 masqmail: 1999
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21 exchange: 1993
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23
24 \section{Lines of code (with sloccount on debian packages)}
25 sendmail: 93k
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27 postfix: 92k
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29 qmail: 18k
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31 exim: 54k
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33 masqmail: 14k
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35 exchange: (no source available)
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37
38 \section{Architecture}
39 sendmail: monolitic
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41 postfix: modular
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43 qmail: modular
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45 exim: monolitic
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47 masqmail: monolitic
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49 exchange: (unknown)
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51
52 \section{Design goals}
53 sendmail: flexibility
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55 postfix: performance and security
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57 qmail: security
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59 exim: general, flexible \& extensive facilities for checking
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61 masqmail: for non-permanent internet connection
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63 exchange: groupware
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65
66 \section{Market share (by Bernstein in 2001)}
67 sendmail: 42\%
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69 postfix: 1.6\%
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71 qmail: 17\%
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73 exim: 1.6\%
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75 masqmail: (unknown)
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77 exchange: 18\%
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82 1) complexity
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84 2) security
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86 3) simplicity of configuration and administration
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88 4) flexibility of configuration and administration
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90 5) code size
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92 6) code quality
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94 7) documentation (amount and quality)
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96 8) community (amount and quality)
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98 9) used it myself
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100 10) had problems with it