Courier-MTA!

* Experimental TLS/SSL enhancements which are designed to implement a secure mail delivery channel between trusted domains, over an untrusted network. This is implemented by requiring mail to select domains use TLS/SSL connections which require the remote server to present an X.509 certificate signed by a private (not a public certificate authority. This is pretty much the highest level of security that can be achieved with today's technologies. This doesn't even require DNSsec. Even if the DNS cache is poisoned with MX records that divert mail to a rogue relay, the attacker will not have an X.509 certificate signed by a private CA (this assumes, of course, that the security of the private CA hasn't been breached. This work is mostly complete, but still needs a little testing. * Messag

Courier-MTA alternatives

  • Sendmail

  • Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of transfer and delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transport over the Internet. A descendant of the delivermail program written by Eric Allman, Sendmail is a well-known project of the free and open source software and Unix communities, and has spread both as free software and proprietary software.

    tags: mail-server
  • Dragonfly Mail Agent

  • A small Mail Transport Agent (MTA), designed for home and office use. Part of DragonFly BSD , it accepts mails from locally installed Mail User Agents (MUA) and delivers the mails either locally or to a remote destination. Remote delivery includes several features like TLS/SSL support and SMTP authentication. dma is not intended as a replacement for real, big MTAs like Sendmail or Postfix. Consequently, dma does not listen on port 25 for incoming connections. »

    tags: smtp email-transfer message-transfer-agent
  • OpenSMTPD

  • OpenSMTPD is a FREE implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by RFC 5321, with some additional standard extensions. It allows ordinary machines to exchange e-mails with other systems speaking the SMTP protocol.

    tags: smtp smtp-server
  • Microsoft SMTP Server

  • Available in Windows and Windows Server via the optional IIS role.

    tags: email-via-smtp exchange mail-smtp mta outbound-smtp
  • PowerMTA

  • PowerMTA is an “enterprise” grade infrastructure application for email built to address the challenges of critical digital messaging environments and customer communications. PowerMTA™ is (advanced smtp software) providing unsurpassed reliability and delivery execution, with granular connection controls. Offering superior message throughput, simplified set up and configuration, and visibility through real-time reporting and tracking, PowerMTA™ pays dividends immediately. It is built on advanced multi-threaded persistent architecture—for messaging breakthrough that delivers unsurpassed resilience and performance. »

    tags: smtp mail-server smtp-server mta email-gateway
  • sSMTP

  • SSMTP is a program which delivers email from a local computer to a configured mailhost (mailhub). It is not a mail server (like feature-rich mail server sendmail) and does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue. One of its primary uses is for forwarding automated email (like system alerts) off your machine and to an external email address.

    tags: mta smtp
  • Hectane

  • An SMTP client that is extremely easy to configure and use, providing a simple HTTP API that is used for sending emails.

    tags: smtp outbound-smtp
  • EmailSuccess

  • EmailSuccess is an advanced SMTP Server (MTA) derived from the technology and the expertise accumulated in years of exchanges with the ISP and ESP worlds, built from the ground up to handle the most critical reliability, performance, security, and deliverability requirements.

    tags: email-deliverability encrypted-email mail-server mail-transfer-agent mta