Postfix Overview - Goals and Features


Note: this web page is no longer maintained. It exists only to avoid breaking links in web pages that describe earlier versions of the Postfix mail system.

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Primary goals

The goal of the Postfix project is to implement a viable alternative to the UNIX Sendmail program. Specific goals, and the ways that Postfix attempts to achieve them are:

Other significant features of interest


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