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Postfix vs Postmark: What are the differences?

Developers describe Postfix as "A free and open-source mail transfer agent". It is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is Wietse Venema's mail server that started life at IBM research as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Now at Google, Wietse continues to support it. On the other hand, Postmark is detailed as "Email delivery for web apps - done right". Postmark removes the headaches of delivering and parsing transactional email for webapps with minimal setup time and zero maintenance.

Postfix and Postmark can be categorized as "Transactional Email" tools.

Decisions about Postfix and Postmark
Ben Aubin
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While building our authentication system, we originally picked Mailgun. However, emails took minutes to arrive and some of them didn't get delivered - or got delivered to spam.

We started looking for a new provider, and settled on Postmark. We love that they track time-to-inbox, it makes me feel they really care about going above and beyond to provide a good service.

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Pros of Postfix
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      Simple
    • 10
      Great analytics
    • 8
      Email, done right
    • 5
      Easy setup
    • 5
      Heroku Add-on
    • 2
      Can review sent messages
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      Very inexpensive
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      Exceptional support
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      Pay per message
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      Great support

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    Cons of Postfix
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        No 24x7 support

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      What is Postfix?

      It is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is Wietse Venema's mail server that started life at IBM research as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Now at Google, Wietse continues to support it.

      What is Postmark?

      Postmark removes the headaches of delivering and parsing email for webapps with minimal setup time and zero maintenance.

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      What are some alternatives to Postfix and Postmark?
      Dovecot
      It is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. It is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very little memory.
      Axigen
      It is a fully self developed solution, truly innovative in several respects, particularly scalable and configurable. This messaging solution offers the entire range of mail services — SMTP, POP3, IMAP, WebMail (Desktop and Mobile versions) — includes List server, Logging, Reporting, and FTP Backup modules and provides various, flexible administration options (including a central Web administration interface — WebAdmin).
      250ok
      250ok is an email deliverability tools company that produces a Software‐as‐a‐Service (“SaaS”) platform to monitor and measure the deliverability of email networks. These networks consist of companies sending various forms of messages including marketing, transactional, share, and others from various platforms.
      Boomerang
      It adds scheduled sending and the easiest, most integrated email reminders to Gmail, helping you reach Inbox Zero.
      Yesware
      It helps build lasting business relationships, right from your inbox. A sales engagement platform designed for sales professionals and account managers.
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