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Mail-in-a-box vs Zipkin

A side-by-side look at Mail-in-a-box and Zipkin. 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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Zipkin

Zipkin

Development

Zipkin is an open source distributed tracing system. It is used to gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in microservice architectures. Zipkin helps gather timing data related to inter-service calls and provides tools to visualize this data.

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