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About

Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. Dovecot is among the best performing IMAP servers while still supporting the standard mbox and Maildir formats. The mailboxes are transparently indexed, which gives Dovecot its good performance while still providing full compatibility with existing mailbox handling tools. Dovecot is standards compliant. Dovecot passes all IMAP server standard compliancy tests while most other servers fail many of them. Dovecot’s indexes are self-optimizing. They contain exactly what the user’s client commonly needs, no more and no less. Dovecot is self-healing. It tries to fix most of the problems it notices by itself, such as broken index files. The problems are however logged so the administrator can later try to figure out what caused them. Dovecot tries to be admin-friendly. Common error messages are made as easily understandable as possible.

About

What is Postfix? It is Wietse Venema's mail server that started life at IBM research as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Now at Google, Wietse continues to support Postfix. Postfix runs (or has run) on AIX, BSD, HP-UX, IRIX, LINUX, MacOS X, Solaris, Tru64 UNIX, and other UNIX systems. It requires ANSI C, a POSIX.1 library, and BSD sockets. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure. The outside has a definite Sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different. Multiple SMTP deliveries over the same TLS-encrypted connection. This reuses the existing tlsproxy(8) and scache(8) services. MySQL stored procedure support. Gradual degradation: in many cases a Postfix daemon will log a warning and continue providing the services that are still available, instead of immediately terminating with a fatal error. Postfix can set the execute bit on a queue file. If this does not work, then no mail will ever be delivered.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Anyone in need of a high-performing IMAP server

Audience

Anyone interested in a mail server solution to manage, administer, and secure emails

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • 1. Easy to deploy. 2. Easy to customize at an intense level. 3. Easy to integrate with DKIM and DMARC. 4. Various workaround available. 5. Lightweight to operate.

Cons

  • Sometimes troubleshooting deliveries can be troublesome. Integration with Social media like LinkedIn and Facebook inside Postfix is not possible yet.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Dovecot
Founded: 2000
www.dovecot.org

Company Information

Postfix
United States
www.postfix.org/features.html

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Categories

Mail Servers Supported

Categories

SMTP Supported

Integrations

Netdata Supported
Aid4Mail Supported
Azure Marketplace Not Supported
Dovecot Pro Supported
Hestia Control Panel Supported
IBM Cloud Not Supported
ISPConfig Not Supported
MailArchiva Not Supported
MailRoute Not Supported
Microsoft Exchange Not Supported
Migrateq Not Supported
MySQL Not Supported
Orna Supported
Raptor Email Security Not Supported
Rspamd Not Supported
VHCS Not Supported
Xitoring Supported

Integrations

Netdata Supported
Aid4Mail Not Supported
Azure Marketplace Supported
Dovecot Pro Not Supported
Hestia Control Panel Not Supported
IBM Cloud Supported
ISPConfig Supported
MailArchiva Supported
MailRoute Supported
Microsoft Exchange Supported
Migrateq Supported
MySQL Supported
Orna Not Supported
Raptor Email Security Supported
Rspamd Supported
VHCS Supported
Xitoring Not Supported
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