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Mail-in-a-box vs MAMP

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

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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MAMP

MAMP

Development

MAMP is a local web development environment for macOS and Windows that allows developers to set up a local Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP and Perl interpreters on their own computer. It provides an integrated and easy way to get a fully functioning development stack running locally for building dynamic websites and web apps.

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