smtp-translator VS qpsmtpd

Compare smtp-translator vs qpsmtpd and see what are their differences.

smtp-translator

An SMTP server that converts emails into Pushover notifications. (by YoRyan)

qpsmtpd

qpsmtpd is a flexible smtpd daemon written in Perl (by smtpd)
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smtp-translator qpsmtpd
2 2
27 136
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2.5 3.8
over 1 year ago 11 days ago
Go Perl
- MIT License
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smtp-translator

Posts with mentions or reviews of smtp-translator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-04.

qpsmtpd

Posts with mentions or reviews of qpsmtpd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-10.
  • SMTP protocol basics from scratch in Go: receiving email from Gmail
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Apr 2022
    I used a proxy like this for a few years, though in my case it was to handle spam.

    I based my work on :

    http://smtpd.github.io/qpsmtpd/

    I'd reject spam at SMTP time, but also capture the bodies of all messages that were rejected so that users could view them in an online quarantine. Worked pretty well, though I think these days the original perl-based project has been reworked into a nodejs thing:

    https://haraka.github.io/about/

  • SMTP server in your homelab?
    3 projects | /r/homelab | 4 Mar 2022
    I use qmail with qpsmtpd as a custom SMTP front end, I don't play with it now but I used to try different techniques and keep stats on what worked and what didn't (eg greylisting, blocklists, advertise AUTH LOGIN with a 250 header and ban anyone who actually tries to use it) and then I have my own custom forwarding and routing of dynamic usernames etc.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing smtp-translator and qpsmtpd you can also consider the following projects:

pushover - Go wrapper for the Pushover API

swaks - Swaks - Swiss Army Knife for SMTP

docker-smtp-relay - Docker image running a SMTP relay with postfix

go-smtp - 📤 An SMTP client & server library written in Go

ddclient - This is the new home for ddclient. Ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on 'Dynamic DNS Network Services' free DNS service. It currently supports a lot of different routers and a few different services.

ImapSync - Imapsync is an IMAP transfers tool. The purpose of imapsync is to migrate IMAP accounts or to backup IMAP accounts. IMAP is one of the three current standard protocols to access mailboxes, the two others are POP3 and HTTP with webmails, webmails are often tied to an IMAP server. Upstream website is

PushBits - A simple server for push notifications via Matrix (and a minimalistic alternative to Pushover and Gotify) 🚀📯

Diun - Receive notifications when an image is updated on a Docker registry

MailHog - Web and API based SMTP testing

pingme - PingMe is a CLI which provides the ability to send messages or alerts to multiple messaging platforms & email.