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Inbucket vs Mail-in-a-box

A side-by-side look at Inbucket and Mail-in-a-box. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Inbucket

Inbucket

Development

Inbucket is an open source email testing tool for developers. It acts as a fake SMTP server, capturing emails sent to it for inspection and allowing responses to be crafted. Useful for testing email functionality during software development and debugging.

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Mail-in-a-box

Mail-in-a-box

Network & Admin

Mail-in-a-Box is an open source email server that allows you to set up and manage email on your own server or virtual private server. It bundles together common email components like Postfix, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, and OpenDKIM into an easy-to-manage package.

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