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Dovecot vs Sendmail

A side-by-side look at Dovecot and Sendmail. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Dovecot

Dovecot

Network & Admin

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX systems. It is secure, efficient, and easy to set up. Dovecot supports SSL/TLS encryption for emails and authenticates users from databases like LDAP.

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Sendmail

Sendmail

Network & Admin

Sendmail is a widely used open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) for routing and delivering email on Unix and Linux systems. It handles routing emails between mail servers and delivers them to local users' mailboxes.

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