Feature Comparison
00000 ! | 00000 !Server OS support | 00000 !Features | 00000 !Storage | 00000 ! | ||||||||||||||
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Mail server | Linux/Unix | Windows | Mac OS | SMTP | POP3 | IMAP | IMAP IDLE | SMTP over TLS | POP over TLS | IPv6 | NNTP | SSL | Webmail | ActiveSync | Database | Filesystem | Other | License |
agorum core | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Open Source/GPLv2 |
Apache James | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Open Source/ASLv2 |
Atmail | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary (100 user/30 day demo) |
Axigen | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Ajax & Basic | Yes | No | No | Yes | Proprietary (free version: email 100 users / calendar 5 users) |
Citadel | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Open Source/GPLv3 |
CommuniGate Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Courier Mail Server | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | maildir | No | Open Source |
Cyrus IMAP | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes (indexes) | Yes | Yes | Open Source/BSD |
DBMail | Yes | via Cygwin | Yes | Postfix, Exim, Sendmail, qmail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Postfix, Exim, Sendmail, qmail | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite | No | No | GPL |
Digital Integration iMail5 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Dovecot | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | maildir, mbox, dbox | No | Open Source/Mixed: MIT and LGPL 2.1 |
Eudora Internet Mail Server | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Proprietary |
Exim | Yes | via Cygwin | Yes | Yes | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Open Source/GPL |
FirstClass | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Gordano Messaging Suite | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
GroupWise | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Proprietary |
Hexamail Server | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary |
Mail server | Linux/Unix | Windows | Mac OS | SMTP | POP3 | IMAP | IMAP IDLE | SMTP over TLS | POP over TLS | IPv6 | NNTP | SSL | Webmail | ActiveSync | Database | Filesystem | Other | License |
hMailServer | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | V 5.0 | V 5.0 | Yes | No | V 5.0 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | GNU GPL (V5.0 Proprietary) |
IBM Lotus Domino | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Proprietary |
IndiMail | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Open Source/GPLv3 |
Ipswitch IMail Server | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Proprietary |
JMail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Kerio Connect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary |
Kolab | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free Software/GPLv3 |
MagicMail | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
MailSite Fusion | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Mailtraq | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
MDaemon Mail Server | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary |
Meldware Mail Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Open source/LGPL |
Mercury Mail Transport System | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary/donationware |
Microsoft Exchange Server | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (2007 sp1 onwards) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ESE only | Yes (up to 2003 only) | Yes | Proprietary EULA |
Mirapoint | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
NetMail | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Proprietary |
OpenSMTPD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | possible through custom backends | Yes | No | ISC |
Open-Xchange | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Dual license (GPL) |
Mail server | Linux/Unix | Windows | Mac OS | SMTP | POP3 | IMAP | IMAP IDLE | SMTP over TLS | POP over TLS | IPv6 | NNTP | SSL | Webmail | ActiveSync | Database | Filesystem | Other | License |
Oracle Communications Messaging Server | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary |
Postfix | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Open source/IBM Public License |
qmail | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | via Qsmtp | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Public domain |
Qpopper | Yes | via Cygwin | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | BSD-style |
Sendmail | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Dovecot, UW IMAP | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | Open source/Sendmail License |
SparkEngine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
SurgeMail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary (Free 5 user) |
Synovel Collabsuite | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Open Source/Proprietary |
UW IMAP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | WebPine | No | Yes (Indexes) | Yes | No | Open Source/Apache license |
WinGate | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary |
Xeams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary/Free with support option |
Zarafa | Yes | No | No | External | Yes | Yes | Yes | External | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Open Source/Proprietary |
Zimbra | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Open Source/Proprietary |
Mail server | Linux/Unix | Windows | Mac OS X | SMTP | POP3 | IMAP | IMAP IDLE | SMTP over TLS | POP over TLS | IPv6 | NNTP | SSL | Webmail | ActiveSync | Database | Filesystem | Other | License |
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