Exim
Flexible and widely deployed mail transfer agent
Exim is a highly configurable mail transfer agent used to route and deliver email on Unix systems. It powers a large share of the internet's mail servers and supports extensive policy and ACL controls.
Key features
- Powerful routing rules
- ACL-based policy
- Wide platform support
- Mature codebase
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Extremely flexible
- Proven at scale
Trade-offs
- Complex configuration
- Easy to misconfigure
Exim replaces
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23 head-to-head comparisons.
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