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qmail is a mail transfer agent (MTA) that runs on Unix. It was written, starting December 1995, by Daniel J. Bernstein as a more secure alternative to the popular Sendmail program. Originally license-free software, qmail's source code was later dedicated to the public domain by the author.

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Software.name
indimail-mta
Software.author
Daniel J. Bernstein
Software.latest release version
3.0.9
Software.operating system
Unix-like
Software.programming language
C
Software.genre
Mail transfer agent
Software.license
public domain
Software.discontinued
yes

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Official website
cr.yp.to/qmail.html
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software version identifier
1.03
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14 sections
Contents
  • Features
  • Security
  • Performance
  • Simplicity
  • Innovations
  • Modularity
  • Controversy
  • Security reward and Georgi Guninski's vulnerability
  • Frequency of updates
  • Standards compliance
  • Copyright status
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

qmail is a mail transfer agent (MTA) that runs on Unix. It was written, starting December 1995, by Daniel J. Bernstein as a more secure alternative to the popular Sendmail program. Originally license-free software, qmail's source code was later dedicated to the public domain by the author.

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