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Qmail

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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Final release
1.03 / June 15, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-06-15)
License
public domain
Operating system
Unix-like
Original author
Daniel J. Bernstein
Repository
cr.yp.to/software/qmail-1.03.tar.gz
Type
Mail transfer agent

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Qmail

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples72
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Qmail

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related to External links · 18
Qmail → An English/Italian, Bug, Distributes RPM, FAQTS, Has, Inter7J, It's, John, LDAP-UI, Official, PHP, Russ Nelsonqmail-LDAP-UI, Simpson, Unofficial, Updated, Useful Information, Web-based User Administration, Wishlistqmail
related to Standards compliance · 8
Qmail → For, IETF, In, QSBMF, RFC, Sendmail, SMTP, Some
related to Innovations · 7
Qmail → Bernstein, QMQP, QMTP, Quick Mail Queuing Protocol, Quick Mail Transport Protocol, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP
related to Security · 6
Qmail → In, MTAs, Sendmail, SMTP, The, When
related to Security reward and Georgi Guninski's vulnerability · 6
Qmail → Bernstein, Configuration, Georgi Guninski, In, On, US
related to Copyright status · 5
Qmail → DFSG, MTA, November, This, Until November
is a · 2
Qmail → mail transfer agent, only broadly deployed public domain software message transfer agent
related to Frequency of updates · 2
Qmail → New, The
related to Performance · 2
Qmail → Sendmail, When
related to Simplicity · 2
Qmail → At, Sendmail

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bernstein sendmail mail software security transfer agent public domain smtp qmail's daniel reward author designed delivery source features vulnerability also

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QmailFinal release1.03 / June 15, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-06-15)1.00infobox
QmailLicensepublic domain1.00infobox
QmailOperating systemUnix-like1.00infobox
QmailOriginal authorDaniel J. Bernstein1.00infobox
QmailRepositorycr.yp.to/software/qmail-1.03.tar.gz1.00infobox
QmailTypeMail transfer agent1.00infobox
QmailWebsitecr.yp.to/qmail.html1.00infobox
QmailWritten inC1.00infobox
Qmailis amail transfer agent0.90text
Qmailis aonly broadly deployed public domain software message transfer agent0.90text
mailing list servers. qmail was originally designed as a way to manage large mailing lists.SimplicityAt the time of qmail's introductioninstance ofparticularly for bulk mail tasks0.80text
Sendmail configuration was notoriously complexinstance ofparticularly for bulk mail tasks0.80text

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