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This is a comparison of mail servers: mail transfer agents, mail delivery agents, and other computer software which provide e-mail services.
Feature comparison
Authentication
| Mail server |
Login |
Authentication |
| SMTP AUTH |
POP before SMTP |
APOP |
Filesystem |
Database |
LDAP |
Other |
Alt-N Technologies'
MDaemon Email Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
? |
Active Directory, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, LOGIN |
| Apache James |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Axigen |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, CLRTXT, LOGIN, PLAIN, LDAP, Internal |
| Citadel / WebCit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CLRTXT, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, GSSAPI, NTLM, MSN, WEBUSER, Full feature Mail server & client. |
| CommuniGate Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
CLRTXT, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, APOP, GSSAPI, NTLM, MSN, WEBUSER |
| Courier Mail Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Pluggable Authentication Modules, userdb, CRAM, LDAP, MySQL, vchkpw/vpopmail, PostgreSQL(beta) |
| Eudora Internet Mail Server |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN |
| Exim |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cyrus SASL, Dovecot SASL, CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN, SPA |
| GroupWise |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
eDirectory, Any LDAPv3-compliant source |
| Hexamail Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Active Directory,Any LDAPv3-compliant source,CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN |
| IceWarp Server (Merak) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, NT Domain, Active Directory, any LDAP-compatible source |
| Kerio MailServer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Active Directory, Apple Open Directory, ActiveSync, Pluggable Authentication Modules |
| Mailtraq |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NT Domain, Active Directory, Local Directory |
| Meldware Mail Server |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Mercury Mail Transport System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
? |
Internal, LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, Netware, LDAP?, partial NT Domain |
| Microsoft Exchange Server |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Active Directory |
| NetMail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
eDirectory, LDAP |
| Postfix |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| PostPath |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
No |
Yes |
Active Directory |
| PowerMTA |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
CRAM-MD5, PLAIN |
| WinGate |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
NT Domain, Active Directory, CRAM-MD5, SASL PLAIN, SASL LOGIN |
| WorkgroupMail |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
NT Domain, Active Directory |
| Zarafa |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internal, Active Directory, any LDAP-compatible source, Unix |
| Zimbra |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internal, LDAP, Open LDAP, Active Directory |
| iRedMail |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internal, LDAP, Open LDAP, Active Directory |
See also
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