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Perbandingan -- mail servers

This is a comparison of mail servers: mail transfer agents, mail delivery agents, and other computer software which provide e-mail services.

Note

Linux based mail servers are built using a number of components due to the fact a Linux environment is by default a multi-user operating system. When you deploy a Linux server it already has internal mail. To allow this server to send external emails you need a MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) such as sendmail, postfix and exim. If you wish users to not have direct access to the server and have to physical login to read their emails, then you need to give those users access to the emails received by the MTA, then you install an additional service like Dovecot or UW IMAP which provide the POP and IMAP services for your mail server.

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Feature comparison

00000 !00000 !Server OS support00000 !Features00000 !Storage00000 !
Mail serverLinux/UnixWindowsMac OSSMTPPOP3IMAPIMAP IDLESMTP over TLSPOP over TLSIPv6NNTPSSLWebmailActiveSyncDatabaseFilesystemOtherLicense
agorum coreYesYesNoYesNoYes?NoNo?NoYesYesNoYesNoNoGPLv2
Apache JamesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYesNoNoYesYesNoASLv2
AtmailYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?NoYesYesYesYesYesNoProprietary (100 user/30 day demo)
AxigenYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesAjax & BasicYesNoNoYesProprietary (free version: email 100 users / calendar 5 users)
CitadelYesNoYesYesYesYes?YesYesYes?YesYesNoYesNoNoGPLv3
CommuniGate ProYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesProprietary (Free for up to 5 users)
Courier Mail ServerYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYesNoNomaildirNoGPLv3[1]
Cyrus IMAPYesNoYesNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoNoYes (indexes)YesYes4-clause BSD[2]
DBMailYesvia CygwinYesPostfix, Exim, Sendmail, qmailYesYesYesPostfix, Exim, Sendmail, qmailYesYes?YesNoNoPostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLiteNoNoGPLv2[3]
Digital Integration iMail5YesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes ?NoYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary
DovecotYes[4]No[4]Yes[4]NoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesNoNoYesmaildir, mbox, dboxNoMixed: MIT and LGPL 2.1[5]
Eudora Internet Mail ServerNoNoYesYesYesYes?NoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoYesProprietary
EximYesYes (via Cygwin)YesYesDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPYesNoYesNoYesNoNoYesYesNoGPLv2+[6]
FirstClassYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesProprietary
Gordano Messaging SuiteYesYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary
GroupWiseYesYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes??YesYesYesYesNoNoProprietary
Hexamail ServerYesYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoNoYesNoProprietary
Mail serverLinux/UnixWindowsMac OSSMTPPOP3IMAPIMAP IDLESMTP over TLSPOP over TLSIPv6NNTPSSLWebmailActiveSyncDatabaseFilesystemOtherLicense
hMailServerNoYesNoYesYesYesYesV 5.0V 5.0YesNoV 5.0YesNoYesNoNoGNU GPL (V5.0 Proprietary)
IBM Lotus DominoYesYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYesNoNoProprietary
IndiMailYesNoYesYesYesYes?YesYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesNoGPLv3
Ipswitch IMail ServerNoYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesYesNoYesNoProprietary
JMailYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesProprietary
Kerio ConnectYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesNoProprietary
KolabYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesGPLv3
MagicMailYesNoNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary
MailsiteNoYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesYesYesYesYesProprietary
MailtraqNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary
masqmailYesNoYesYesNoNoNoYesNoYesNoYesNoNoNoYesYesGPL
MDaemon Mail ServerNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes [Requires one time fee] [7]Yes [Requires one time fee]YesNoProprietary
Mercury Mail Transport SystemNoYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoNoYesNoProprietary donationware
Microsoft Exchange ServerNoYesNoYesYesYesYes[8][9]YesYesYes (2007 sp1 onwards)[10]YesYesYesYesESE onlyYes (up to 2003 only)[11]YesProprietary
MirapointYesNoNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary
NetMailYesYesNoYesYesYes?YesYes??YesYesNoYesNoNoProprietary
OpenSMTPDYesNoYesYesNoNoNoYesNoYesNoYesNoNopossible through custom backendsYesNoISC
Open-XchangeYesNoNoYesYesYes?YesYes??YesYesYesYesNoNoProprietary/SaaS, with open-source parts[12]
Mail serverLinux/UnixWindowsMac OSSMTPPOP3IMAPIMAP IDLESMTP over TLSPOP over TLSIPv6NNTPSSLWebmailActiveSyncDatabaseFilesystemOtherLicense
Oracle Communications Messaging ServerYesNoNoYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesYesNoYesYesNoProprietary
PostfixYesNoYesYesDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPYesNoYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesIBM Public License
qmailYesNoYesYesYesDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPNoDovecot, UW IMAPvia Qsmtp?NoNoNo(cdb)YesNoPublic domain
QpopperYesvia CygwinYesNoYesNoNoNoYes?NoYesNoNoNoYesYesBSD-style, GPL-incompatible[13]
SendmailYesNoYesYesDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPDovecot, UW IMAPYesNoYesNoYesNoNo?Yes?Sendmail License
SparkEngineYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesNo?NoYesNoNoYesYesYesProprietary
SurgeMailYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesProprietary (free for up to 5 users)
Synovel CollabsuiteYesNoNoYesYesYes?YesYes??YesYesNoYesYes ?Proprietary with OSS parts, Freeware and paid editions[14]
UW IMAPYesYesYesNoYesYesYesNoYes?NoYesWebPineNoYes (Indexes)YesNoApache License 2.0[15]
WinGateNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoYesNoProprietary
XeamsYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYes?NoYesNoNoNoYesNoFreeware with support option
ZarafaYesNoNoExternal[16]YesYesYesExternal[16]YesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesNoAGPLv3, free and paid editions[17]
ZimbraYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesNoZPL and proprietary editions[18]
Mail serverLinux/UnixWindowsMac OS XSMTPPOP3IMAPIMAP IDLESMTP over TLSPOP over TLSIPv6NNTPSSLWebmailActiveSyncDatabaseFilesystemOtherLicense
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Authentication

Mail serverSMTP AUTHPOP before SMTPAPOPFilesystemDatabaseLDAPOther
agorum coreYesNoNoNoYesYesPLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, NTLM
Apache JamesYes ? ? ?YesYesPLAIN, LOGIN
AtmailYesYesYesYesYesYesPLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, Active Directory, any LDAP-compatible source
AxigenYesNoYesNoNoYesGSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, CLRTXT, LOGIN, PLAIN, LDAP, Internal
CommuniGate ProYesYesYesYesYesYesActive Directory (LDAP), CLRTXT, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, GSSAPI, NTLM, MSN, SESSIONID, External Authentication Plug-in. Also supports X.509 PKI auth via STARTTLS/SSL
Courier Mail ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesManaged by Courier authentication library which can use PAM, Userdb, PostgreSQL(beta), MySQL, LDAP, and EXTERNAL.
Cyrus IMAPNoYesYesYesYesYesSupports all Cyrus SASL authentication methods. Also supports X.509 PKI auth via STARTTLS and EXTERNAL.
Cyrus SASL LibraryNoYesYesYesYesYesBerkeley DB, GDBM, or NDBM (sasldb), PAM, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, LDAP, Active Directory(LDAP), DCE, Kerberos 4 and 5, proxied IMAP auth, getpwent, shadow, SIA, Courier Authdaemon, httpform, APOP and SASL mechanisms: ANONYMOUS, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, LOGIN, NTLM, OTP, PASSDSS, PLAIN, SRP
Digital Integration iMail5YesNoYesNoNoNo 
DovecotNoYesYesYesYesYesNot an SMTP server, but offers SASL to MTAs. http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotFeatur es http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authenticatio n. POP-before-SMTP via DRAC plugin. PAM, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, LDAP, Active Directory(LDAP), Kerberos 5, proxied IMAP auth, getpwent, shadow, SIA, BSDauth, Vpopmail. APOP and SASL mechanisms: ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, SCRAM-SHA1, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, NTLM, OTP, SKEY, RPA.
Eudora Internet Mail ServerYesNoYesYesNoNoCRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN
EximYesYesYesYesYesYesCyrus SASL, Dovecot SASL, CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN, SPA
FirstClassYes ? ?YesYesYes 
Gordano Messaging SuiteYesYesYesNoYesYesPLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, ODBC, Active Directory, NT Domain
GroupWiseYesYesYesYesYesYeseDirectory, Any LDAPv3-compliant source
Hexamail ServerYesYesYesYesNoYesCLRTXT, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, GSSAPI, NTLM, MSN, SESSIONID
IndiMailYesYesNoYesYesYesCLRTXT, PLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, CRAM-SHA1, CRAM-RIPEMD, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, Checkpassword, authindi, authldap, Pluggable Authentication Modules, Name Service Switch
Ipswitch IMail ServerYesNoYesYesYesYesActive Directory, Windows authentication, CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN
JMailYesNoYesNoNoNoCRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN, APOP, HTTP DIGEST. Authentication through a JID system
KolabYesYesYesYesYesYesKolab employs Cyrus and Postfix and thus supports all Cyrus SASL authentication methods and X.509 PKI auth via STARTTLS and EXTERNAL.
Kerio ConnectYesYesYesYesNoYesActive Directory, Apple Open Directory, ActiveSync, Pluggable Authentication Modules
MagicMailYesNoNoYesYesNo?
MailsiteYesNoYesYesYesYesNT Domain, Active Directory, PLAIN, LOGIN, NTLM, SCRAM-MD5, CRAM-MD5
MailtraqYesYesYesYesYesYesNT Domain, Active Directory, Local Directory
MDaemon Mail ServerYesYesYesNoYesYesActive Directory, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, LOGIN
Mercury Mail Transport SystemYesYesYesYesNo ?Internal, LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, Netware, LDAP?, partial NT Domain
Microsoft Exchange ServerYes ?YesNoNoYesActive Directory, PLAIN, NTLM
MirapointYesYesYesYesYesYesPlaintext, LDAP, NTLM, APOP, Kerberos_v4, Kerberos_v5, Radius, Sessionid
NetMailYesYesYesYesYesYeseDirectory, LDAP
Oracle Communications Messaging ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesPlain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5, Certificate
OpenSMTPDYesNoNoYesYesYesBy default PLAIN and LOGIN over SSL only, Certificates, bsd_auth and PAM. Supports adding new authentication mechanisms through custom backends.
PostfixYesNoNoYesYesYesSupports all Cyrus SASL authentication methods except for APOP.
QpopperNoYesYesYesYesYesPluggable Authentication Modules,GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, PLAIN, LDAP, CMU SASL library, Kerberos
qmailwith patchwith vpopmailYesYesYesYesWorks with any checkpassword utility. The original supports only LOGIN and PLAIN. Alternate checkpassword utilities support authentication against PAM, LDAP, and databases.
SendmailYesYesNoYesYesYesSupports all Cyrus SASL authentication methods except for APOP. Also supports X.509 PKI auth via STARTTLS and EXTERNAL.
SurgeMailYesYesYesYesYesYesInternal, LDAP, PAM, MYSQL, ODBC, Unix Password, Windows Domain or external protocol
WinGateYesYesYesYesYesNoNT Domain, Active Directory, CRAM-MD5, SASL PLAIN, SASL LOGIN
ZarafaYesYes ?YesYesYesInternal, Active Directory, any LDAP-compatible source, Unix
ZimbraYesNoYesYesYesYesInternal, LDAP, Open LDAP, Active Directory
Mail serverSMTP AUTHPOP before SMTPAPOPFilesystemDatabaseLDAPOther

Antispam Features

Mail ServerDNSBLSURBLSpamtrapsGreylistingSPFTarpitBayesian filtersRegular expressionsEmbedded AntivirusEmbedded Antispam
agorum coreNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
Apache James ? ? ? ? ? ?Yes ? ? ?
AtmailYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes ClamAVYes SpamAssassin and Exim ACLs
AxigenYesYes[19]NoYesYesNoYes, in SpamAssassinYesYes CommtouchYes SpamAssassin
CitadelYesYesNoNoOptional (via SpamAssassin)NoOptional (via SpamAssassin)NoOptional (ClamAV)Optional (SpamAssassin)
CommuniGate ProYesYesYesNoYesYesOptionalYesOptional (ClamAV)Optional (via SpamAssassin)
Courier Mail ServerYes ?YesYes[20]YesYesYes[20]Yes[20]Yes ClamavYes[20]
Digital Integration iMail5YesNoNoYesNoNoNoOptional (GWAVA)Optional (GWAVA)Proprietary, Optional (GWAVA)
Dovecot ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Eudora Internet Mail ServerYes ?YesYes ? ? ? ? ? ?
EximYesYesYesYesYesYesOptional with spamassassin etc.YesOptional anyOptional any
FirstClassYesYesNo ?YesYesYesYesYes Symantec ?
Gordano Messaging SuiteYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes Commtouch, AuthentiumYes Commtouch
GroupWiseYes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Hexamail ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes BitDefenderYes
hMailServerYesYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYes ClamAVYes SpamAssassin
IBM Lotus DominoYes[21] ? ? ?No[22] ? ? ? ? ?
IndiMailYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes ClamAVYes Bogofilter
Ipswitch IMail ServerYesYesNoNoYesNoYesYesYes Symantec, BitDefenderYes Commtouch
JMailYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes ClamAV and/or optional anyYes and/or built-in
KolabYes ? ?YesYes ?Optional with spamassassin etc.YesOptional (via content filter interface)Optional (via content filter interface)
Kerio ConnectYesYes ?NoYesYesYes ?Optional Sophos + optional secondary (dual)Yes
MagicMailYesNoYesNo??NoYesYesYes
MailsiteYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes
Mailtraq ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MDaemon Mail ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesOptional Kaspersky LabYes
Mercury Mail Transport SystemYes ? ?Yes (GreyWall extension) ? ?Yes (SpamHalter extension) ?Yes (ClamWall extension) ?
Microsoft Exchange ServerYes (2003 & later) ? ?YesYesYes (2003 & later) ? ? ? ?
MirapointYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes Commtouch, Sophos, F-SecureYes Commtouch, Sophos, SPamAssassin
NetMail ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Oracle Communications Messaging ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesOptional with spamassassin etc.YesOptional anyOptional any
PostfixYes ? ?YesYes ?Optional with spamassassin etc.YesOptional (via content filter interface)Optional (via content filter interface)
qmail ? ? ?Yes ? ?No ?NoNo
SendmailYesYes (via milter/SA) ?YesOptional ? ? ?Yes ClamAVYes SpamAssassin
SparkEngine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SurgeMailYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Synovel CollabsuiteYesYesYesYesYes ?YesYesYesClamAVYes SpamAssassin
UW IMAP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WinGate ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ZarafaNo[16]No[16]No[16]No[16]No[16]No[16]No[16]No[16]NoNo
ZimbraYes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Yes ClamAVYes SpamAssassin
Mail ServerDNSBLSURBLSpamtrapsGreylistingSPFTarpitBayesian filtersRegular expressionsEmbedded AntivirusEmbedded Antispam

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ See COPYING file in the distribution
  2. ^ https://cyrusimap.org/mediawiki/index .php/Downloads#Licensing
  3. ^ http://git.dbmail.eu/paul/dbmail/tree /README
  4. ^ a b c Dovecot Operating System Compatibility. Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
  5. ^ "Dovecot licensing information: COPYING". http://www.dovecot.org/doc/COPYING. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  6. ^ See NOTICE file in the distribution
  7. ^ ActiveSync for MDaemon
  8. ^ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li brary/cc540463(EXCHG.80).aspx
  9. ^ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li brary/ff848256.aspx
  10. ^ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li brary/bb629624(EXCHG.80).aspx
  11. ^ Exchange Installable File System (ExIFS)
  12. ^ http://www.open-xchange.com/misc/lice nses/
  13. ^ Contains jurisdiction selection and IBM Public License-style indemnification clause.
  14. ^ http://www.synovel.com/collab/edition s
  15. ^ UW IMAP Server Documentation
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Zarafa Collaboration Platform architecture diagram. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
  17. ^ http://www.zarafa.com/content/scope-a nd-benefits
  18. ^ [1]
  19. ^ via Kaspersky anti-spam add-on
  20. ^ a b c d with Courier-pythonfilter filtering framework
  21. ^ http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview .wss?uid=swg21102611
  22. ^ http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&context=SSKTMJ&dc=DB520&uid=swg21227751&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en&rss=ct463lotus
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