The article discusses the transition to OpenSMTPD as the mail server of choice, particularly for OpenBSD users, as OpenBSD 7.9 will remove the exim package. It provides a personal account of migrating from exim to OpenSMTPD, noting its development history and growing maturity since its introduction in OpenBSD 4.6 in 2009.
Background
OpenSMTPD is an open-source mail transfer agent developed as part of OpenBSD, designed to be secure, reliable, and easy to configure. It has been the default mail server in OpenBSD since version 5.6 in 2014, replacing the older sendmail implementation.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- May 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10